Any intensification of ship attacks in the Red Sea could tie up 30% of the boxship fleet as more vessels will need to be rerouted, according to Linerlytica’s latest report today (5 December).
On 3 December, Number 9, a boxship owned by UK firm Castle Harbour and operated by OOCL, was hit by a rocket fired by a drone, amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.
Linerlytica remarked that the attack on Number 9 “has broadened the threat to all ships passing through the Red Sea, even those that have no links to Israel.”
