The threat to the commercial shipping around the Arabian Peninsula is increasing, the largest global organization of navy warns

The world’s largest organization for direct members for shipowners, charters, shipbuilders and agents warns that although it is still unclear how Iran will respond to the Sabbath Attack Regarding Iran’s nuclear facilities, the threat of commercial shipping in the waters around the Arabian Peninsula has increased.

“Huti’s threat against shipping in the Red Sea and Aden Gulf has also increased,” says Jacob Larsen, the head of security at BIMCO, which is global shipowners. “The Hutists are now threatening merchant ships with belonging to Israel or the United States, but attacks against merchant ships with other accessories cannot be ruled out.”

Larsen said US warships and merchant ships are expected to be the preferred goals for Iranians.

In an email to CNBC spokesman for Hapag Lloyd, he says to CNBC: “We are still going through the street of Hormuz at the moment. The warning level is high and things can change to an hour.”

The Integrated Logistics Provider Maersk announced on Friday that it temporarily stopping the port calls to the largest container port of Israel, Haifa. The $ 4.2 billion loading facility in Haifa owned by Adani Group is a target of Iranian missiles but has not suffered any damage. Last week, JugsHinder “Robbie” Singh, Finance Officer of Adani, debunked misinformation, published that the port was keen by a strike in Iranian social media.

Bimko’s Larsen warned that Iran could try a broader interruption of commercial shipping in the Hormuz Strait by attacks against merchant ships. In these attacks, rockets or drones or drones may be used by both air and surface, and he saidS

“The launch of the maritime mines would be another dangerous development, but Iran’s intention to do so is doubtful due to the risk of merchant ships associated with Iran and the risk of an environmental disaster in case the ship is damaged,” Larsen said.

The Hormuz Conductor that connects the Gulf of Persian to the Arabian Sea is recognized as one of The most important worldwide oil pointsS Oil inability to pass through the Hormuz Strait, even temporarily, can Ratchet Up Global Energy PricesIncreasing delivery costs and create significant deliveries. In 2023 the oil flows through the water road average 20.9 million barrels per day, according to the US Energy Information Administration, representing about 20% of global oil consumption.

“Given the Iranian threat to military bases in the US in the region, the presence of warships to protect commercial shipping is probably limited, especially for merchant ships without belonging to the United States or Israel,” Larsen said.

Hormuz’s strait handles less than 4% of the global container trade, but the ports of Jebel Ali and Fakkan Horus are critical intermediary points for global shipping networks in the region.

The bigger part of the volumes of loads from these ports are intended for Dubai, which has become a center for the movement of loading services in the Persian Gulf, South Asia and East Africa.

The conflict in the region also caused ocean load tariffs to pop up from Shabai to Jebel Ali, the largest port of the Arabian Gulf.

The Xeneta intelligence company said the average spot rates increased by 55% a month ago, before the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Iran. Prices are now $ 2761 per forty feet of equivalent unit (FEU), a standard block for measuring the capacity of container ships and the volume of load.

On the side of the tanker, the tariffs for the points for very large voyages of the raw carrier (VLCC) between the Middle East and China are 154% a week for over a week. Prices on the long-distance commercial route (LR2) in the Middle East-Yaponia increased by 148%and the rates in the Middle East-Japane very large gas carriers (VLGC) is 33%.

The reason for the increase in the rates includes additional costs for security measures, higher fuel prices of the hopper and fuel costs, as vessels use more fuel due to faster sailing through high-risk areas.

Marsh Mclennan, the world’s most large maritime insurance broker, noted that the tariffs for hull insurance and machine vessels passing the Hormuz Strael have increased by over 60%.

In the light of the last wave of defense measures, BIMCO encourages shipowners to review their confidence assessments and carefully take into account measures to mitigate.

“Trades in the area should consider reducing their exposure to Iran, for example, by moving away from the Iranian coast,” Larsen said. “We also recommend that ships maintain close contact with the Navy in the UK maritime trade operations, maintain strong vigilance and increased views, report suspicious observations and events in UKMTO, and increase the resistance of the ships, to bear the will of the will, while guaranteeing the will of the water.

“Bimko never recommends direct shipowners to completely stay away from a conflict area. Such a decision should be taken by the shipowner, taking into account all the relevant factors for the assessment of the risk of security, including the threat, the vulneration of the ship and the level of risk acceptance of the marine, the shipowner and the owner of the loader