Italy readies navy to protect its shipping amid Bab el-Mandeb tensions
Crosetto said delays could raise transport costs and prices as Italy weighs a naval deployment to protect ships and undersea cables.
- On Thursday, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto announced Italy is preparing a possible naval mission to safeguard merchant shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait amid mounting security concerns.
- Security fears surged this month after Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of parts of the Yemen coast, threatening Saudi oil exports rerouted from the Strait of Hormuz.
- Crosetto warned that disruptions to major shipping lanes would drive up transport costs and delay deliveries, pushing higher prices onto Italians, while noting undersea infrastructure vulnerability including data cables and energy links.
- "I have decided to activate the Italian navy to prepare what is necessary to guarantee the safe transit of Italian ships," Crosetto stated, emphasizing the need to prevent bureaucratic delays.
- Though specific naval assets remain undisclosed, Crosetto affirmed the military will intervene with determination to safeguard Italy's security, prosperity, and future economic stability.
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The Italian Ministry of Defense announced that, amid threats to navigation, it is preparing a possible naval mission off Yemen, as the Bab el-Mandab Strait is controlled by the Houthis and Hormuz is closed. The post Italy “will not wait” for the Aspides – Preparing a possible naval mission in the Bab el-Mandab Strait appeared first on in.gr.
Last week, the Huthi militia brought the entire west coast of Yemen under its control. It thus has unrestricted access to the Strait Bab al-Mandab. Italy now relies on an operation without an EU decision.
The Italian government is annoyed by bureaucracy and now wants to take the heft of action into its own hands. Rome announces to protect its own ships from attacks by the Houthis. Meanwhile, the US is said to have made a deal with the militia.
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the minister of the Defense has intervened to the fourth edition of the forum 'Risorsa Mare' to La Spezia
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The situation around the important sea route is tense. Italy wants to protect ships with its own navy through the strait Bab al-Mandab – without waiting for the EU.
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