Energy company follows decisions by five big shipping firms as Houthi militants step up attacks on vessels

Energy company follows decisions by five big shipping firms as Houthi militants step up attacks on vessels

BP has halted all shipments of oil and gas through the Red Sea after a step-up in attacks on cargo ships by Houthi militants in Yemen.

The British oil company said on Tuesday that it had paused shipping in the region indefinitely, citing a “deteriorating security situation” amid tensions in the Middle East.

BP becomes the first oil company to directly halt its own shipping, after five big shipping companies stopped their vessels passing through the waters between Asia and Africa which connect Asia and Europe, with the Suez canal at the tip.

    • qdJzXuisAndVQb2@lemm.eeEnglish
      52·
      9 months ago

      If someone wants to return fire, go for it, but getting NATO to be the new world police force after decades of the US playing that role and fucking it up should give us pause. NATO is there to be a defensive alliance if attacked militarily, not be a mercenary force for Maersk and BP or whoever is getting their cargo attacked.