Hijackings, missile strikes and drone assaults on ships by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have compelled AP Moller-Maersk, a Danish transport and logistics large, and Hapag-Lloyd, a German transport and container transportation firm, to pause shipments by the Pink Sea. Their choices, introduced on Friday, are an indication that main firms are taking the safety state of…
Excessive waves fill your visual field, your palms begin to sweat and your abdomen turns. The boat is getting tossed round. Crew battle to remain up towards the swells. Maintain on, take a breath. You’re not on Antarctica’s Drake Passage, or out on the Pacific Ocean — wait a minute, you’re not even a sailor….
US and allies in talks to type multinational process drive to handle assaults by Iran-aligned Houthis on ships in Purple Sea. Iran’s Defence Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has warned {that a} deliberate United States-backed multinational process drive to guard transport within the Purple Sea would face “extraordinary problems”. Ashtiani’s feedback got here after the US…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Iranian Protection Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani reacts throughout a gathering of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela June 12, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Vilor DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Defence Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani warned {that a} proposed U.S.-backed multinational activity power to…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Chinese language militia vessels function at Whitsun Reef within the South China Sea, December 2, 2023. Philippine Coast Guard/Handout through REUTERS/File Picture (Reuters) – China condemned Canada’s assist for the Philippines over what it mentioned had been violations of China’s sovereignty within the South China Sea, based on an announcement by…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Galaxy Chief industrial ship, seized by Yemen’s Houthis final month, is seen off the coast of al-Salif, Yemen, December 5, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Picture By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – The price of delivery items by way of the Purple Sea is rising as Yemen’s Houthis step up assaults on…
A industrial ship was hit and set on fireplace by an anti-ship cruise missile within the southern Purple Sea, an assault U.S. officers say got here from the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen. The Strinda, a Norwegian motor tanker, was hit by “what is assessed to have been an anti-ship cruise missile launched from a…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Chinese language militia vessels function at Whitsun Reef within the South China Sea, December 2, 2023. Philippine Coast Guard/Handout by way of REUTERS. FILE PHOTO MANILA (Reuters) – The USA has referred to as out China for interfering within the Philippines’ maritime operations and undermining regional stability, urging Beijing to cease…
Manila and Beijing have an extended historical past of maritime incidents within the contested South China Sea. The Philippines and China have traded accusations over a collision of their vessels close to a disputed shoal within the South China Sea as tensions over claims within the important waterway escalate. The shoal is a part of…
Incident comes after Houthi rebels threatened to stop passage of Israel-linked ships if help is just not allowed into Gaza. A French frigate has shot down two drones over the Purple Sea that have been believed to be approaching from the coast of Yemen, in response to the French army. “The interception and destruction of…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view exhibits the BRP Sierra Madre on the contested Second Thomas Shoal, domestically referred to as Ayungin, within the South China Sea, March 9, 2023./File Picture Beijing (Reuters) -The Philippines and China traded accusations on Sunday over a collision of their vessels in disputed waters of the South China…
The Iran-linked rebels warn to dam passage of Israel-bound ships of any nationality except Gaza will get the meals and medicines it wants. Yemen’s Houthi motion says it’s going to goal all ships heading to Israel, no matter their nationality, and warned all worldwide transport firms in opposition to coping with Israeli ports. “If Gaza…
Manila says Chinese language coastguard shot water canon at Filipino vessels in disputed South China Sea. The Philippines has accused the Chinese language coastguard of utilizing water cannon to “obstruct” three authorities boats that had been conducting their common resupply mission close to a reef off its coast within the South China Sea. The incident…
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines condemned China’s “illegal and aggressive actions” within the South China Sea on Saturday, saying China’s coast guard had fired water cannon at a Philippine fisheries bureau vessel conducting a daily resupply mission. The Philippine job pressure for the South China Sea, an inter-agency authorities physique, known…
The United Nations refugee company mentioned on Tuesday that about 400 individuals had been believed to be stranded on two boats adrift within the Andaman Sea, calling on close by governments to assist rescue them. Most of them are believed to be members of the Rohingya ethnic group, a persecuted Muslim minority, the U.N. company…
