German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd AG announced that it will suspend all shipments via the Red Sea until December 18 due to recent attacks on its cargo vessels by Yemeni Houthis projectiles, Lloyd's List reported on Friday citing a company spokesman.
"Hapag-Lloyd is pausing all containership traffic through the Red Sea until Monday...Then we will decide for the period thereafter," the spokesman told the journal.
Earlier today, Danish AP Moller-Maersk A/S revealed it would temporarily pause its vessels' transit through the Red Sea.
