Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabia said he was irreplaceable. Rabia’s statement at the International Conference on Maritime Transport and Logistics (Marlog) in Alexandria was published on the administration page of the social network Facebook (the owner of the company Meta is known as an extremist and is banned in Russia).
Commenting on the risks to shipping, the canal manager said, “There is no ideal replacement for the Suez Canal, and international shipping companies have already indicated that they are ready to continue cooperating with us as soon as the crisis in the region is resolved.” Because of the Houthis’ attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
Prior to this, traffic via the Suez Canal decreased It increased by 60% due to tensions in the Red Sea.
Amid the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yemen’s Houthi rebels began attacking commercial and military ships in the Red Sea in early October 2023. Unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles are used for these purposes.
Houthis allegationHe said they only target ships calling at Israeli ports or ships whose owners have ties to Israel. However, their actions began to interfere with international shipping.
A number of companies announcedHe said that they will no longer send their ships through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea and is an important shipping route for the world.
Previously, Egypt’s revenues from fees for the passage of ships through the Suez Canal in January fallen doubled.