Maersk sees Red Sea routings as still too risky
Maersk is to continue to avoid Red Sea routings of it its ships. In an update today, it said that it would continue to send ships via the Cape of Good Hope
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Red Sea: French frigates take out Houthi drones
The EU’s EUNAVOR ASPIDES naval mission, formally announced only yesterday, is already up and running with French FREMM frigates patrolling in the Gulf of Aden and Southern Red Sea intercepting and destroying
Red Sea: EU launches new naval mission ASPIDES
As Houthi attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea continued, the European Union today officially launched EUNAVFOR ASPIDES, saying that the objective of the defensive maritime security operation is to restore
Houthi attacks continue, but don’t stop Red Sea trade
Major strikes on Houthi infrastructure in Yemen carried out by the U.S. and U.K. on February 3, seemed to have brought a two day pause in the Iran-backed group’s attacks on merchant
Carnival Corporation reroutes 12 ships to avoid Red Sea transits
The world’s largest cruise ship operator, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), says that, “given recent developments and in close consultation with global security experts and government authorities,” it has
Maersk: Red Sea transits paused
As had been widely expected, following last week’s Houthi attacks on the Maersk Hangzhou, Maersk today officially notified customers that it is pausing all Maersk Red Sea/ Gulf of Aden transits until
Red Sea is becoming a no go zone for shipping
Supply chain disruptions as a result of Houthi attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea are only likely to increase. A growing number of ship operators have themselves decided to suspend
UN buys VLCC to avert Red Sea pollution catastrophe
The FSO Safer, a decaying tanker holding four times as much oil as spilled by the Exxon Valdez is a ticking time bomb threatening a Red Sea catastrophe. Yesterday, the United Nations
Glosten selected to design new Red Sea research vessel
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has selected Seattle-headquartered naval architecture firm Glosten to design a state-of-the-art oceanographic research vessel (RV). Replacing the existing RV Thuwal, the new
VIDEO: U.S. Navy strikes Red Sea radar sites
OCTOBER 13, 2016 — The Navy has taken out three radar sites in territory controlled by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The action comes after recent missile attacks threatening U.S. naval vessels and other