The Red Sea crisis revives the Cape of Good Hope and activates other corridors. Many international shipping companies avoided the Red Sea amid fears of Houthi attacks.
Direct shipping across the Pacific Ocean from Asian ports to the West Coast of the United States is a routinely used route for decades. The most common alternative route for ships traveling from Asia to Europe and the eastern coast of North America, takes them around Africa. The trade route from the Indian Ocean to the Strait of Huzur, in southern Iraq, completes its journeys overland to Europe.