Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk will pause all container shipments through the Red Sea until further notice, a spokesperson for the company told Reuters on Friday.
“Following the near-miss incident involving Maersk Gibraltar yesterday and yet another attack on a container vessel today, we have instructed all Maersk vessels in the area bound to pass through the Bab al-Mandab Strait to pause their journey until further notice,” the company said in a statement.
Maersk on Thursday said its vessel Maersk Gibraltar was targeted by a missile while travelling from Salalah, Oman, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and that the crew and vessel were reported safe.
Could this kick off a chain of other ocean transport vessel operators doing the same, and end up recreating the logistical nightmare back during Covid when that other ship got lodged in the Suez Canal?
Used to work as a data analyst for a global logistics company and this has me a bit worried.
I heard Hapag Lloyd will do the same, so you could be right