British and American air strikes, the UN speaks up! This kind of ship is extinct in the Red Sea!
British and American air strikes, the UN speaks up! This kind of ship is extinct in the Red Sea!
On March 18, local time, the UN Security Council issued a statement strongly condemning the attack by the Houthi armed forces on the Red Sea merchant ship. The Security Council reaffirms that, in accordance with international law, the right and freedom of navigation of commercial vessels of all States transiting the Red Sea must be respected.shipping container china door to door service
Stressing the importance of the Red Sea route to humanitarian work in Yemen and beyond, as well as local fisheries that support Yemeni livelihoods, the statement demanded an immediate halt to all Houthi attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, in accordance with international law and Resolution 2722.shipping container china,door to door service
In addition, the members of the Security Council urged caution and restraint to avoid further escalation of the situation in the Red Sea and the wider region, and encouraged the parties to intensify diplomatic efforts to this end, including continued support for dialogue and the Yemen peace process under the auspices of the United Nations. FCL container
According to CCTV news client news, on March 18 local time, the media office of Yemen's Hodeida province under the control of the Houthi armed forces said that the United States and Britain carried out several air strikes on the city of Hodeida.FCL container
Earlier, from the early morning to the morning of March 17 local time, the US and British forces carried out air strikes in several areas of Yemen's Hodeida province. The Houthis also confirmed an air strike.
Tensions have been rising in the Red Sea region since December. The number of car ships crossing the Red Sea has dropped from nearly 90 a month to zero, and all major shipping lines passing through the region have diverted to the Cape of Good Hope.FCL container
In addition, Qatar, a major LNG supplier, has decided to avoid the Red Sea, forcing all LNG vessels destined for Europe and the United States to divert.
Energy analyst Anas Alhajji recently said that there are no LNG vessels passing through the Red Sea and Suez Canal
The analyst believes that there are two reasons for LNG vessels to avoid the Red Sea, one is the high insurance premium of the vessels, and the other is that compared with ordinary tankers, LNG vessels are very expensive and do not want to take too much risk.
In terms of container ships, according to Clarkson research data, the capacity of ships entering the Gulf of Aden region has fallen by 71% compared with the first half of December last year, including container ship traffic has fallen by 89%.
According to the latest statistics, as of March 18, the daily traffic of container ships in the Mandeb Strait was only 3 northbound, and the southbound traffic was only 1.