instead they are taking the long way round from asia to europe and around the cape of good hope. that s an extra 3500 nautical miles, or up to two week s sailing, adding as much as a million dollars per ship in fuel alone. maersk ceo vincent clark told the bbc s aaron heslehurst that these extra costs are already being passed onto consumers. this is one of the most important arteries of global trade and having to re route all of this cargo now south of the cape of good hope is going to create significant disruptions to the global supply chain for the duration in which we have to do that, and probably a few months more as we have to get back then into normal. so you need to see, i think, a stronger mobilisation. the other thing is that the level of threat is actually evolving, and so for the coalition that is trying to put in place this safe passage, they need to constantly reassess the level of protection. but for us, it is really important that this is being addressed with d
as the one which broke off an alaska airlines plane on friday. the air carrier says the disruption is likely to continue into the coming week. this comes just 4 years after all 737 maxes were grounded following two fatal crashes in indonesia and ethiopia. since the plane has came back into service, there have been a number of high profile problems with the programme, including electrical faults and quality control issues. so how much of a wake up call is this for boeing? let s speak to jane foley, head of fx strategy at rabobank. good morning to you. more problems for boeing, more problems for boeing, more problems with regards with the max fleet. talk us through the implications. implications. first of all, the airlines involved implications. first of all, the airlines involved in implications. first of all, the airlines involved in the - implications. first of all, the airlines involved in the awfuli airlines involved in the awful deadly crashes a few years ago were ma
it happened late on tuesday and is the latest in a series of attacks which are prompting major shipping lines to take alternative, longer routes. the international chamber of shipping says that one in five commercial vessels and ships are now avoiding the red sea, which accounts for 12% of global trade. it s led to a near doubling in the cost of container shipping. the attackers say they ll continue to target vessels until palestinians in gaza are allowed sufficient food and medicine. michelle bockmann is principal analyst at the maritime analysts lloyd s list intelligence. thank you for being with us today, michelle. there have been multiple efforts to try and neutralise the threat from these houthi rebels to ships in the area. these latest attacks suggest they are failing. good afternoon. it certainly seems that way at the moment. the us coalition of military support that is meant to be helping that transit through the red sea to the suez canal seems to have failed to deter
on day four of the trial of gwyneth paltrow about her role in a skiing accident, the actress is preparing to give testimony. we will have the latest. the state visit of king charles to france has been postponed. the french and british governments took the decision following a phone call between president emmanuel macron and the king and follows the widespread protests over france s pension reforms. the interior ministry says more than a50 protestors were arrested and 440 members of the security forces injured. more than one million people took to the streets on thursday to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 to 64. here s some of what mr macron said about postponing the king s visit. translation: i believe that you see l the situation linked to the protestsl because of pension reform in france. from the moments last night when the unions announced a new day of mobilisation on tuesday, and with the king s visit planned from monday to wednesday, i think we w
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. police have issued cctv images of a man they want to question over the death of a nine year old girl, who was fatally stabbed in boston in lincolnshire, on thursday. two people previously arrested in connection with lilia valutyte s death have also been released. our reporter, phillip norton, reports from boston. this is the man police want to talk to in connection with the murder of nine year old lilia valutyte. the images were released this morning by lincolnshire police. the force also confirmed that two people previously arrested in connection with the child s murder have been released without further action. i am urgently appealing for the public s help to identify the man in these photographs, who we want to speak to, following the death of nine year old lilia. as part of our fast moving murder investigation, we now have cctv images of a man who we need to locate. if you see him, do not approach him, but immediately ca