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Shipping industry set for tougher times ahead due to West Asia tensions, say experts
The global maritime industry is set for tougher and more challenging times after Iran ramped up West Asia tensions by launching an unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel, causing supply chain disruption and increasing the probability of choking shipping routes, experts here have said.
Dr.G.R.Balakrishnan Apr 17 2024 Shipping News

Shipping industry set for tougher times ahead due to West Asia tensions, say experts

 Iran’s attack on Israel marks a distinct escalation in hostilities by bringing the two nations into direct conflict.

There is a concern about the probability of a Persian Gulf shutdown, though many maintain hope of defusing fierce tension in the region, a delegate at the opening of Singapore Maritime Week on Monday,15 Aapril told PTI.

 The diversion of each ship is estimated to cost USD 30 million through the Cape of Good Hope from the Suez Canal, according to Danish Sultan, managing director of PacMarine Services in Singapore. Shipping costs have already gone up by three to four times compared to pre-COVID level, Colin Er Wen-Jie, director of the transport department at the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp said at the Singapore Maritime conference being held April 15-19 and being attended by over 10,000 delegates.

The Iranian threat had led to worldwide diplomatic initiatives to thwart a possible further conflagration in the region already struggling with Israel’s offensive in Gaza following a terror attack carried out by Hamas in its territory on October 7 and also regular exchange of fire between the Jewish state and Lebanese Shia faction Hezbollah, which joined the war in solidarity with Hamas.