With the deployment of the US-led OPG, Maersk said it was preparing to resume shipping operations. MSC Mediterranean is expected to hold a high-level meeting on December 27.
Yemen s Iranian-backed Houthi movement has been attacking vessels in response to the Gaza war on a route that allows East-West trade, especially of oil, to use the Suez Canal to save the time and expense of circumnavigating Africa. War risk insurance premiums have risen as a result.
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