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.

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.

  • rivermonster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    168·
    11 months ago

    Smart with Iran proxy attacking everyone through the Houthis.

    I don’t understand why Iran wants a war so badly. They’ll be annihilated so fast… and their civilians hate the government.

    I’d love to see the Islamic Republic destroyed and freedom return to Iran via a citizens’ revolt.