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Unless I’m very much mistaken, the Suez is in Egypt, so the detour would be around Africa.
by Swenrekcah 6y ago
Unless I’m very much mistaken, the Suez is in Egypt, so the detour would be around Africa.
- vbezhenar 6y agoConsidering the threat from Nigeria pirates, they probably will just wait until everything resolves.
- cycomanic 6y ago? This is the first time I hear about Nigerian pirates. The problem several years ago were Somalian pirates, which incidentally are next to the Suez route.
- vbezhenar 6y agohttps://www.icc-ccs.org/piracy-reporting-centre/live-piracy-map https://www.icc-ccs.org/piracy-reporting-centre/live-piracy-...
- saalweachter 6y agoI mean, technically you could detour around South America it just probably isn't recommended. I wonder if, if you're a container ship leaving China today, headed for Europe, if it makes sense to head for Panama instead, purely on the metric of time, or if you're still better off either rounding Africa or just waiting for the Suez to clear. (I assume from a fuel/logistics point it is cheapest just to wait.)