shipping companies may ask and halfback lloyd, another big shipping container company, have both announced they would stop sending shipping through the strait. i ll show you where thatis the strait. i ll show you where that is so it s here, at the south side of the red sea, and at the north side of the rest see, we have the suez canal. that s red sea. these are two of the world s biggest choke if anything, it halts shipping. making its way through to india or europe, or the unit states, it has to come here, they re here, through the straits of gibraltar before going further west or north from there. the alternative is to go south through the cape of good hope, adding 9 11; days potentially on the journey time. the suez canal authority has given a statement, saying, they are quite keen that business continues to flow through their. they have said that on sunday, 77 ships made their way through the suez canal, which i think is fairly normal. they said in recent weeks, since 1