This was reported by the Financial Times with reference to logistics companies and railway operators.
German shipping and logistics firm DHL says requests to move goods along Russia's rail corridor have "increased by about 40% since container ships began being diverted along a longer route" around the Cape of Good Hope in December.
According to RailGate Europe, demand has increased by 25-35%.
Earlier, the US Central Command reported that as a result of an attack by Houthis from the Ansar Allah movement on a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, three crew members were killed and four more were injured.