QatarEnergy halts Red Sea LNG shipping following US-UK strikes on Yemen's Houthis: report
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One of the world’s largest exporters of liquified natural gas reportedly has stopped sending tankers through the Red Sea following recent joint U.S.-U.K. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
A source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday that QatarEnergy is directing tankers away from the busy shipping corridor. The development comes on the same day that an American-owned ship in the nearby Gulf of Aden was hit with a missile fired from Yemen, according to U.S. officials.
«It is a pause to get security advice, if passing [through the] Red Sea remains unsafe we will go via the Cape» of Good Hope in South Africa, the source added. «It is not a halt of production.»
At least six tankers altered their course away from the Red Sea on Monday, bringing the total to divert since the U.S. and British militaries launched retaliatory airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthis last week to 15, Reuters is reporting, citing ship tracking data from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Kpler.
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An aircraft takes off to join the U.S.-led coalition to conduct air strikes against military targets in Yemen, from an undisclosed location. (US Central Command via X/Reuters / Reuters Photos)
Throughout 2023, Qatar shipped more than 75 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas, mostly to Europe and Asia, Reuters also reported, citing LSEG statistics.
The U.S. Central Command said Monday that the ship that was targeted in the Gulf of Aden was the M/V Gibraltar Eagle, a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier
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