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Zim container ships divert as threat to Israel-linked vessels mounts
2023-11-30
Yesterday it was a pirate attack on the Central Park tanker owned by Zodiac Maritime, followed by Houthi missiles when US and Japanese naval ships intervened. On November 19th the Israeli cargo ship Galaxy Leader was hijacked by Houthis.
[FREIGHTWAVES] Container ship Zim Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
turns back, heads around Africa


Following three attacks on vessels linked to Israel, a container ship operated by Israeli ocean carrier Zim has changed course and is taking the long way around Africa rather than transiting the Suez Canal and passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
Ship position data from MarineTraffic shows that the Zim Europe, en route from Boston to Port Klang, Malaysia, passed through the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean on Friday. It continued due east until it was between Oran, Algeria, and Cartagena, Spain, then did an about-face on Saturday afternoon.

The container ship — which has a capacity of 5,618 twenty-foot equivalent units — headed back out to the Atlantic and down the west coast of Africa. As of Monday, it had passed Casablanca, Morocco, and was headed south at 16 knots.

The voyage from the Strait of Gibraltar to Port Klang via the Cape of Good Hope is 56% longer than via the Suez Canal.

"In light of the threat to safe transit of global trade in the Arabian and Red Seas, Zim is taking temporary proactive measures to ensure the safety of its crews, vessels, and customers’ cargo by rerouting some of its vessels," the company confirmed on Monday.

"As a result of these measures, longer transit times in the relevant Zim services are anticipated, though every effort is being made to minimize disruptions."
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