Smoke billows into the sky from the Perdido oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico – one of the world’s most dangerous shipping routes (Picture: Alamy)The world depends on safe global shipping routes, so much so that Britain and the US unleashed an arsenal of weapons as soon as oil transportation was threatened. Some 2,600km north, Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is making travel through parts of the Black Sea more dangerous by the day. The world’s most dangerous sea routes (Picture: Metro.co.uk)The Red Sea and Gulf of AdenBacked by Iran, Houthi rebels have ramped up attacks on vessels off the coast of Yemen, paralysing a waterway critical to global trade. It is a busy waterway with ships traversing day and night to bring goods between Asia and Europe and beyond. Gulf of Guinea, off the west coast of AfricaThe area off the coast of West Africa is one of the world’s most dangerous places for attacks on ships.

Source: Metro January 17, 2024 21:55 UTC