If yesterday the companies of the consortium THE Alliance confirmed the diversion to the Cape of Good Hope of the all the maritime traffic that they previously carried out transit through the Red Sea, circumnavigating Africa to avoid repeated attacks on ships by the Houthis in the area of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, today also the Maersk Line, the world's second largest carrier in the maritime transport market container, confirmed the decision to suspend all voyages across the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

"The situation," the Danish company explained in a Note - It is constantly evolving and remains extremely and all available information confirms that the security risk continues to be at a high level remarkably high. We have therefore decided that for the next all Maersk ships destined to transit the Mediterranean Sea. Red/Gulf of Aden will be diverted south around the Cape of Good hope." "We understand," Maersk said Reaching out to customers – the potential impact this will have on your logistics operations, but we assure you that all decisions have been carefully considered and, in the final analysis, prioritise the safety of our ships, and your cargo'.

"While we continue to hope for a sustainable solution in the near future and we do everything we can to contribute to it - We encourage customers to prepare for persistence of complications in the area and the occurrence of disruptions significant in the global network'.