Return to calm?: Shipping giant plans to increase ships through the Red Sea

The French shipping company CMA CGM reported on Tuesday that it plans to gradually increase the number of ships that pass through Suez Canal.

“Some ships have transited the Red Sea. “This decision is based on an in-depth assessment of the safety landscape and our commitment to the safety and security of our seafarers,” CMA CGM said in a statement.

“We are currently drawing up plans for the gradual increase in the number of ships transiting the Suez Canal. “We are constantly monitoring the situation and are prepared to quickly reassess and adjust our plans as necessary,” he added.

Maersk would return to the Red Sea under US protection

AP Moller-Maersk A/S, the world’s second-largest container line, said it is preparing to resume shipping through the Red Sea, thanks to a new multinational maritime task force to protect ships from attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

“We are currently working on plans for the first vessels to transit and for this to happen as soon as operationally possible,” the company said last Sunday.

Japanese shipping companies abandon their route through the Red Sea

Important Japanese shipping companies have decided to change the routes of their ships to avoid the Red Sea and thus the increasingly frequent attacks by the Houthis, who seek to prevent ships related to Israel from sailing off their coasts.

As reported by the Japanese public broadcaster NHKthe companies Nippon Yusen (NYK Line), Mitsui OSK. and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line)the three largest Japanese shipping companies, would already be altering the course of their freighters to and from Europe to avoid the Red Sea and thus avoid becoming a target of these groups.