Carriers are entering agreements with the Houthis to avoid attacks

A number of sources in the Middle East confirm to ShippingWatch that the first shipping lines have made agreements with the Houthis to prevent their ships from being attacked in the Red Sea. Updated
Houthi supporters gather to commemorate ten Houthi fighters killed by the US Navy in the Red Sea in Sanaa, Yemen on Jan. 5. | Photo: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Houthi supporters gather to commemorate ten Houthi fighters killed by the US Navy in the Red Sea in Sanaa, Yemen on Jan. 5. | Photo: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

Updated at 14:45CET with the information that it, according to ShippingWatch’s information, is not the largest container carriers who have entered agreements with the Huothis to avoid attacks.

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