Shipping companies face costly route changes after Red Sea attacks

The world’s largest shipping lines have suspended passage through the Red Sea following a series of attacks by the Yemeni Houthi movement.
A member of the Houthi movement pictures standing on the car carrier ship Galaxy Leader, which was hijacked in the Red Sea in November. In the past week, a series of container ships have been attacked by the militia. | Photo: Houthi Military Media/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
A member of the Houthi movement pictures standing on the car carrier ship Galaxy Leader, which was hijacked in the Red Sea in November. In the past week, a series of container ships have been attacked by the militia. | Photo: Houthi Military Media/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

There is a important but expensive decision to be made among the world’s largest shipping companies, who must now decide whether to send their container ships on a long journey south of Africa. 

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