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Almost four months after the first missile launch by Yemen's Houthis, on October 19, towards the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the first signs of appeasement are there.
After the decision of large shipowners such as MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM or Hapag-Lloyd decided to suspend the navigation of their container ships in the Red Sea, Suez Canal traffic was halved in the fourth quarter of 2023. Today, attacks on ships are becoming rarer, without having disappeared.
On Monday, a Greek boat carrying corn from Brazil was targeted, without much damage.
Large carriers have largely adapted to the situation.
To the point that the cries of alarm heard until the end of January about the risks for global trade chains are becoming less pressing.
Italy, which saw 154 billion euros of goods transit its ports last year out of the 1,109 billion euros of goods destined for Europe and which passed through the…
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