News / Red Sea attacks on ships could continue, despite Gaza ceasefire

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16/01/2025

Despite a lull in attacks on shipping this month, Houthi suggestions are that they may resume, despite the Gaza ceasefire announced for Sunday between Israel and Hamas.

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Stuart Gregson
January 16, 2025 at 3:20 pm
Carriers have published their new networks and emphasis from some that they will be routing via the Cape with the 2nd half of the year more likely so the February prediction doesn’t appear to have any evidential basis and just a comment? The raft of new builds is also being used to facilitate the additional capacity needed to support this routing so returning would dump a lot of extra capacity into the market or vessels being laid up to avoid this. Rates in January pre CNY were already unprecedentedly falling so carrier will be in panic mode if this continues.

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- David Stephenson
  January 17, 2025 at 10:18 am
  The Houthis are making billions in protection money paid by the ships that are still using the Suez Canal. I really can’t see them letting that go.
  
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