The maritime crisis in the Red Sea region continues to escalate. An increasing number of shipping companies believe that the situation in the Red Sea will persist in the long term. Recently, Houthi forces announced their intention to expand their targeting of Israeli vessels to include the Indian Ocean and the route around the Cape of Good Hope. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the Houthi movement in Yemen, emphasized that following attacks on commercial and military vessels belonging to the "evil alliance" of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel, Houthi forces are preparing to launch attacks on ships redirected to the route around the Cape of Good Hope in the Indian Ocean.

"We aim to prevent ships associated with the Israeli enemy from crossing the Indian Ocean toward South Africa and the Cape of Good Hope," Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi revealed. "International shipping companies associated with Israel must take this escalation seriously and realize that any ship linked to Israel is vulnerable to Yemeni missiles," he added. This decision also implies that vessels previously circumventing the risks of Red Sea navigation by bypassing Africa's Cape of Good Hope will once again face crisis. The strategy of "adding surcharges for rerouting around Africa's Cape of Good Hope" has become ineffective, plunging international shipping into another major crisis. Future shipping rates may experience another round of increase. Do you think shipping rates will continue to rise? Since the outbreak of the Red Sea crisis in November, our uniform fabric orders of polyester wool blend fabric and nylon cotton camouflage fabric destined for the Middle East have been to a certain degree affected in terms of shipping freight and delivery schedule.