The Danish company stopped the transfer of cargo through the Red Sea.
Maersk Shipping Company announced today that it has suspended the transfer of container cargoes through the Red Sea until further notice.
Maersk Shipping Company, one of the largest shipping companies around the world, announced this Friday that it has suspended the transfer of container cargo through the Red Sea until further notice.
A Maersk spokesperson told Reuters that the Danish company plans to send its cargo to its destinations via Africa.
The company announced in a statement: “After the incident that happened to Maersk Gibraltar yesterday and another attack that was carried out on one of our container ships today, we have ordered all Maersk ships in this area that were supposed to pass through the Bab al-Mandeb port to leave. to stop until further notice.”
An hour earlier, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the spokesman of the Yemeni armed forces, announced in a statement that the country’s forces attacked two ships that were moving towards occupied Palestine.
The spokesman of the Yemeni armed forces announced that the navy of this country, in support of the people of Gaza and in line with the execution of the orders of the leader of Ansarullah, Sayyed “Abdul Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi”, targeted 2 ships named “MSC Alanya” and “MSC Palatium III” with suitable sea missiles. He said that they were moving towards occupied Palestine.
Yahya Saree added that these two ships were attacked after their crews did not respond to the warnings of the Yemeni Navy. He also emphasized that all ships could freely pass through the Red Sea to go to their desired destinations, except for occupied Palestine.
In the end, Saree emphasized that until humanitarian aid is sent to the people of Gaza, the attacks of the Yemeni army against Israeli ships and ships destined for the occupied Palestinian territories will continue.