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Major shipping firms MSC and CMA CGM suspend passage through Red Sea

By AFP 16 December 2023, 8:13 pm Edit
Illustrative: The 'CMA CGM Palais Royal,' the world's largest container ship powered by natural gas, sails in the bay of Marseille, southern France, on December 14, 2023. (Christophe Simon/AFP)
Illustrative: The 'CMA CGM Palais Royal,' the world's largest container ship powered by natural gas, sails in the bay of Marseille, southern France, on December 14, 2023. (Christophe Simon/AFP)

PARIS — Two more major shipping firms, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and CMA CGM, say they’re suspending passage through a Red Sea strait vital for global trade, after Yemeni rebel attacks in the area.

The announcement by MSC and CMA CGM follows a similar decision yesterday by two of the world’s largest shipping companies, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, after Houthi rebels said they were targeting vessels passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to pressure Israel over its war with Palestinian Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

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