BP has become the latest firm to pause travel through the Suez Canal following a series of attacks on vessels by Houthi militants from Yemen. “In light of the deteriorating security situation for shipping in the Red Sea, bp has decided to temporarily pause all transits through the Red Sea,” it said. Earlier Monday, U.S. officials told Reuters the M/V Swan Atlantic — a chemical and oil products tanker — was attacked in the southern Red Sea by multiple projectiles launched from Houthi-controlled territory. The Suez Canal runs through Egypt, which borders Israel to the south. Monitoring threatIn a statement posted online Sunday, managing director of the Suez Canal Authority Ossama Rabiee said traffic through the canal was moving “normally.”“We are watching closely the repercussions of the ongoing tensions in the Red Sea on the navigation through the Suez Canal,” Rabiee said.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 18, 2023 16:22 UTC