
Bimco downplays the fears of a terrorist attack in the Suez Canal significantly. Simply put, the organization believes that the threat of terrorist attacks is blown out of proportions, as there's no real basis for the threats. This means that Bimco defies the current news out of Egypt that have generally been about the fact that rebel groups succesfully targeted a ship and that the groups are planning further attacks on the canal.
In an effort to not add further heat to the matter, Bimco refers on its website to the fact that last week's attack on Cosco Asia, which was filmed and posted on Youtube, was unsuccessful, according to analysts from the Egyptian authorities and Cosco itself. The official report from Cosco states that the ship wasn't even hit by the shoulder-mounted rocket that the video showed being fired from the shore of the canal.
Already a subscriber? Log in.
Read the whole article
Get access for 14 days for free.
No credit card is needed, and you will not be automatically signed up for a paid subscription after the free trial.
- Access all locked articles
- Receive our daily newsletters
- Access our app