EU Seeks More Warships For Red Sea As Hormuz Mission Remains On Hold
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The return of the threats posed by the Al-Houthi militia to navigation in the Red Sea puts the European Union under a new test of its naval mission "Aspides," with the increasing demands of commercial vessels for protection and escort, as opposed to a shortage of naval vessels and the capabilities required to secure them, particularly near the Strait of Bab al-Mandab.
The available number of ships of the EU Naval Mission is insufficient for the convoys of commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The post A queue of vessels waiting to be escorted by EU ships appeared first on Ukrainian Shipping Magazine — Shipping News of Ukraine and the World.
Red Sea convoy demand overwhelms EU escort capacity
Merchant vessels are now queuing for naval escorts through the southern Red Sea, with the European Union admitting that its Aspides mission does not have enough warships to meet demand. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas made the unusually stark admission following a meeting of European defence ministers in Brussels on Monday. “There are commercial …
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