It is well known that Djibouti lies on the vital shipping chokepoint of the Bab al-Mandab strait, serving as an essential transit center, with an estimated 2,500 ships calling it yearly.
Reports are now emerging that the African port has successfully accomplished it’s very first crew transfer and is making preparations for more in the weeks to come.
The crew change involved around 19 merchant vessel crew from India and the Philippines. Apparently, they had spent around a year on board the...