News / Revised carrier schedules bedding-in, say shippers, but they see trouble ahead

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Amid continuing attacks on commercial shipping by Houthi rebels, scheduling issues caused by re-routing of services away from the Suez Canal and around the Cape of Good Hope (CGH) have begun to stabilise. 

According to UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a UK-owned ship was fired on at just after midnight yesterday, just west of Yemen’s Hodeidah port. 

UKMTO said: “The projectile passed over the deck and caused damage to the bridge windows. The vessel and crew are safe. Vessel proceeding on planned ...