Major Japanese shipping companies have decided to change routes with Europe to avoid the Red Sea and attacks by the Houthis, who want to prevent ships linked to Israel from entering the area, it was reported today.
Nippon Yusen (NYK Line), Mitsui OSK and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), three of Japan’s largest shipping companies, are already rerouting cargo ships to and from Europe to avoid the Red Sea and thus avoid attacks from these groups, they said. Japanese. public broadcaster NHK.
Shipping companies, as well as container shipping company Ocean Network Express, are redirecting ships to South Africa, where they bypass the Cape of Good Hope, even though the shortest waterway connecting Asia and Europe is the Suez Canal, which crosses the Red Sea.
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