The shipping crisis opened a new chapter in the Red Sea with the Houthis launching a USV (Unscrewed Surface Vessel AKA a drone boat) in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.
Time for a thread dedicated to the global shipping crisis.
Major carriers are diverting from the Suez Canal route to the Cape route which adds a week to the shipping time and significantly more cost to customers. The Biden Administration won't take on the Houthis directly which allows them to basically operate with impunity. When the Barbary Pirates threatened shipping, Thomas Jefferson sent in the Marines (...to the shores of Tripoli...)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/05/red-sea-war-trade-disruption-drone-boat-explosion/
Time for a thread dedicated to the global shipping crisis.
Major carriers are diverting from the Suez Canal route to the Cape route which adds a week to the shipping time and significantly more cost to customers. The Biden Administration won't take on the Houthis directly which allows them to basically operate with impunity. When the Barbary Pirates threatened shipping, Thomas Jefferson sent in the Marines (...to the shores of Tripoli...)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/05/red-sea-war-trade-disruption-drone-boat-explosion/