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Shipping firms brace for vigilance, price shocks over Red Sea situation

Ocean freight 10% costlier, shippers brace for further setback

import, export, economy, shipping
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Dhruvaksh Saha New Delhi

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Indian shippers are bracing for rising costs and increased vigilance as geopolitical conflicts have prompted an increasing number of shipping lines to avoid the Red Sea.

Iran-aligned Yemeni Houthi militant group said it launched a drone attack on a cargo vessel in the area on Monday, the latest in a series of such strikes that it says are a response to Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip. About 15 per cent of world shipping traffic transits via the Suez Canal, the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia.

A senior official with the Directorate General of Shipping said the Centre

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