Cosco returns to Red Sea sailings, despite threats from Houthis

Bookings are back on for Cosco Red Sea services, the Chinese carrier set to operate a Far East-Red Sea rotation that will see vessels cross the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, despite Iran-backed Yemeni rebel group the Houthis attacking ships in the strait. The decision by Cosco to commence Red Sea sailings continues what Vespucci Maritime CEO Lars Jensen described as “the slow normalisation of the Suez-route”, on the back of CMA CGM, ... The post Cosco returns to Red Sea sailings, despite threats from Houthis appeared first on The Loadstar .