Despite recent attacks against the Houthis by the US and UK coalition in their attempt to unplug the Red Sea from the blockade, the Houthis still seem to be in full control of the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait that opens to the Red Sea. The French navy is successfully guarding French ships that are moving through the Red Sea.
Maersk has canceled all bookings to Djibouti for Europe, South America, North America, and West Africa with its shipping diverted to the Cape of Good Hope.
Maersk, a Danish company headquartered in Copenhagen, is one of the biggest shipping companies in the world and owns the largest fleet of freight ships. Maersk is a major source of goods to Malta from the Far East and used to provide shipping services to Malta from the Far East through Egypt’s Port Said.
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