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European shipowners and ICS call for rapid increase of ship safety in the Red Sea

After attacks Maersk and a Hapag-Lloyd vessels, shipping organizations calls for NATO and the EU to find solutions. The protection of ships must be increased say ECSA and ICS.
The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) call for immediate action in The Red Sea. | Photo: Jon Nazca/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) call for immediate action in The Red Sea. | Photo: Jon Nazca/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by DAG HOLMSTAD, SEBASTIAN SCHLÜTER JACOBSEN

Two of the world’s leading container shipping companies, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, have been attacked in the Red Sea in the last 24 hours, prompting Danish authorities and industry organizations to demand action. 

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