At least two iron ore cargoes from the world's No.4 supplier Fortescue Metals Group are facing unusual customs delays at north China's Caofeidian port due to inspections for solid waste, sources with knowledge of the matter said. The cargoes were in two shipments totalling roughly 400,000 metric tons, the sources said, worth around $55 million, though only the portions earmarked for portside sale by Fortescue after arrival face delay, while volumes already sold were little affected. One of the partial cargoes has been delayed at Caofeidian, among China's busiest for handling the key steelmaking ingredient, since December, while another arrived this month.
vessels, causing shipping delays, as our correspondence reports. before and after. these satellite images show the impact of the american and british attacks on houthi targets in yemen. the us says airfields and weapons storage depots were destroyed. overnight, the us carried out more strikes, targeting a radarfacility in the capital sanaa. british forces were not involved. american officials say the strikes are designed to reduce the ability of the houthis to attack ships in the red sea and called them legitimate and proportionate . the houthis, who captured a ship in december, say they are acting to support palestinians in gaza and to hit israel s allies. iran gives them weapons and training and the houthis say the attacks will continue unless there is a ceasefire in gaza. the attacks have disrupted the key
strikes overnight against the iran-backed militias in yemen could lead to a wider war. a houthi spokesperson said it killed five people and six others. it hit 16 locations among them weapons depots and launching systems. he called the unprecedented attacks on vessels in the red sea by the houthis which caused major shipping delays and directly impacted the global economy. a short time ago i spoke with pat ryder who said that the action itself is not part of the gaza war and that the u.s. plans to keep it that way. the conflict between israel and hamas does remain contained to gaza and really that s a major focus for us is to deter that conflict from broadening into a wider, regional conflict. and so what you have in the red
Shipments of the two soft oils that are mostly consumed in the country during the winter season are delayed by a month as container shipping giants, including Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, are taking a longer route around Africa due to attacks on commercial vessels by Houthi militants in Yemen in the Red sea.