Maersk sees Red Sea routings as still too risky

Maersk is to continue to avoid Red Sea routings of it its ships. In an update today, it said that it would continue to send ships via the Cape of Good Hope and around the Africa rather than through the Houthi-threatened Red Sea and Bab el Mandeb Strait. It noted that while it welcomed the EU ASPIDES security operation as a “very positive development to increase the safety in the region,” its internal analysis, as well as insight received from external sources, “still indicates that the risk...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/maersk-sees-red-sea-routings-as-still-too-risky/

European Council launches new maritime security initiative

The European Council has launched a new defensive maritime security operation with the objective of restoring and safeguarding freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Launched on Monday, February 19, Operation ASPIDES will ensure an EU naval presence in the area where numerous...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/european-council-launches-new-maritime-security-initiative/

U.S. owned bulker Genco Picardy hit by Houthi drone

Genco bulker hit by drone

UKMTO WARNING 013/JAN/2024

INCIDENT 015 – ATTACK UPDATE 002https://t.co/qlApy9q9pq#MaritimeSecurity #MarSec pic.twitter.com/hd6EVKxoxw

— United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) (@UK_MTO) January 17, 2024

Yesterday, at approximately 8:30 pm (Sanaa time) the U.S. owned bulker, the M/V Genco Picardy was hit by a Houthi drone when 60 nautical miles southeast of Aden, Yemen. Fortunately, no seafarers were injured and the vessel remained seaworthy. Within hours, U.S. Central Command forces...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/u-s-owned-bulker-genco-picardy-hit-by-houthi-drone/

Royal Navy joins new task force protecting Red Sea shipping

Royal Navy ships and personnel have joined a new international task force to safeguard ships passing through what is regarded as one of the world’s most dangerous w ..

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https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/royal-navy-joins-new-task-force-protecting-red-sea-shipping/

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