Reuters: The shipping industry does not have much confidence in the US naval alliance

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, sources in the world shipping industry told Reuters news agency that they do not know much about the new naval coalition formed by the United States to protect ships against Yemeni attacks in the Red Sea.

These sources said many ships still prefer not to cross the Red Sea or cancel their contracts. The sources, who include shipping industry and maritime security officials, said they had been given few practical details about the plan and did not know whether Washington would intervene directly in the event of armed conflict.

Corey Ranslem, CEO of Dirad Global, a British maritime risk and security consultancy, said: “There is still a lot of uncertainty about the alliance.”

He added: “We still don’t know exactly how many warships will participate, how long it will take them to reach the area, what their rules of engagement are and what support plan they will implement.” /p>

Ransalm noted in another part of his statement that many shipping companies are currently sending their ships to Africa, or some of them have stopped their activities in this region.

He clarified that if the efforts of the US coalition are not fruitful, more companies are expected to change their course.

Yemen’s Ansarullah, which currently controls a large part of this country, since the beginning of Israel’s attacks in Gaza, has announced that ships owned by, under the flag of, or destined for Israel are in the sea Red targets the attack. Despite this, Ansarullah has stated that the Red Sea is safe for other ships.

The Axios news base, close to American and Zionist sources, reported last week that the threats and attacks of the Yemeni army in the past days caused The journey of Israeli ships has become longer and more expensive.

According to Axios, in the past few weeks, ships bound for other ports outside of Israel have also had to use longer routes to avoid being the target of attacks. The Yemenis should not be found.

In recent weeks, parallel to the intensification of Israel’s attacks in Gaza, the Yemeni army has also narrowed the field for Israeli ships that intend to pass through the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea. .

So far, the American and Israeli officials have not been able to find a solution to deal with the Yemeni army. In its report two weeks ago, the Axios website quoted a senior Israeli official as claiming that Netanyahu’s war cabinet has decided to refrain from military response to the actions of Yemen’s Ansarullah in the Red Sea against Israeli ships for the time being.

The US President Joe Biden’s government has sent a message to Ansarullah through several channels, asking them to stop attacking ships in the Red Sea.

But the American officials admit that these warnings have not had any effect on the Houthis (Ansarullah) and they have not reduced the intensity of their attacks.

The formation of a new naval coalition is one of the other options that the US and Israel plan to form to deal with the Yemeni army. Despite this, the non-participation of Saudi Arabia and the UAE has made the success of this project uncertain.

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