BBCNEWS World July 5, 2024
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...