More oil tankers shun southern Red Sea after US-led strikes in Yemen

The tankers Torm Innovation, Proteus Harvonne, and Alfios I appeared to have turned away from the Suez Canal and are taking the longer route around Africa's Cape of Good Hope.

A tugboat works to refloat the Oil Products Tanker BURRI after it collided with LNG Tanker BW Lesmes in the waterway of the Suez Canal, Egypt, August 23, 2023

(photo credit: SUEZ CANAL AUTHORITY/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)

ByREUTERS

JANUARY 15, 2024 15:21

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