Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, Osama Rabie, said that the authority is keen on continuous consultation with customers. Rabie pointed out that the crisis poses more challenges to the movement of trade through the canal and global supply chains.
Since mid-November, the Houthis have been launching attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea that they say are Israeli or heading to Israeli ports. The United States and Britain launched strikes on Yemeni targets to stop the attacks, which led to disruption of the global movement of shipping.