Hapag-Lloyd AG, one of the world’s largest international shipping companies, is continuing to avoid sending its vessels through the Red Sea even as the international community has stepped up efforts to guard commercial ships against recent attacks.
This month, Hapag-Lloyd and rival Maersk both paused traffic through the Red Sea after their vessels had come under drone and missile attacks that originated from areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthi rebel movement. The two major firms subsequently began rerouting shipments around the Cape of Good Hope, sending them the long way around Africa to avoid additional attacks.
