The Ebba Maersk container ship, run by A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, leaves Suez port and heads towards the Red Sea after travelling through the Suez Canal in Suez, Egypt on Saturday, April 6, 2013.
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Danish shipping business A.P. Moller-Maersk will stop briefly all container deliveries through the Red Sea up until additional notification, a representative for the business informed 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 business stated in a declaration.
Maersk on Thursday stated its vessel Maersk Gibraltar was targeted by a rocket while taking a trip from Salalah, Oman, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia which the team and vessel were reported safe.
Earlier on Friday Maersk rejected a claim by Yemen’s Iran- lined up Houthi motion that the militia had actually struck a Maersk vessel cruising towards Israel.
“The vessel was not hit,” a Maersk representative informed Reuters in an emailed declaration following the Houthi claim.
The Houthis had actually declared they performed a military operation versus a Maersk container vessel, straight striking it with a drone. The Houthis, who made the claim in a declaration, did not launch any proof.
Maersk stated the business was deeply worried about the extremely intensified security circumstance in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
“The recent attacks on commercial vessels in the area are alarming and pose a significant threat to the safety and security of seafarers,” it composed in the declaration.
Correction: This story has actually been upgraded after Maersk clarified that ships are not being rerouted around Africa.
