Maersk loses its bet on the American alliance

Maersk, the world’s second-largest shipping company, bet that the military power led by the US would protect ships heading to Israel and allow them to safely pass through the Red Sea. That gamble has failed.

Follow-up – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:

Maersk declared on Tuesday that it would reroute its ships around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope and indefinitely halt shipping operations in the Red Sea. This decision came in the wake of the attacks on the Maersk Hangzhou container ship, which was hit by a Yemeni missile on Saturday while sailing towards Israel.

Prior to the statement on Tuesday, Maersk had 25 ships with itineraries marked “yet to be determined” routes and 38 ships slated to cross the Red Sea on their way to Europe and the US East Coast. It is currently anticipated that these ships will take the longer route.

Unless the company’s ships were sailing toward Israel, there was no risk to them in the Red Sea. But the business declared last week that it would resume shipping in the Red Sea with US protection. It made an effort to pass a ship to the port of Haifa, which was the ship targeted by Sana’a.