LONDON/DUBAI: China has held direct talks with Yemen‘s Houthi movement to enable its tankers to sail through the southern Red Sea without being attacked after the Iran-aligned militia pledged to prevent access to Saudi ports, six sources with knowledge of the matter said. The Houthis declared their blockade on July 20, opening a new front…
Hong Kong authorities are coordinating with local airlines to increase direct flight and transfer capacity, turning the challenges posed by the US-Israel war on Iran into opportunities, the transport minister has said. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan also said the ongoing Middle East turmoil had deeply disrupted global trade and aviation networks, underscoring…
The conflict in Iran could raise cargo transport costs from Asia to Europe by at least 10 per cent, according to Hong Kong sector representatives, as major shipping companies suspended bookings to and from the Middle East or imposed significant war-risk surcharges. Lawmaker Tommy Chung Ki-fung, who represents the import and export constituency, explained on…
This story was published in the South China Morning Post on February 1, 2006 14 Hong Kong tourists die in Egypt crash by Staff Reporters Fourteen Hong Kong tourists died on Tuesday (January 31, 2006) when their speeding coach ran off a highway in southern Egypt and rolled over. The crash, one of the worst…
China’s exports have been keeping the global container market afloat despite its ongoing trade war with the U.S., said ocean carrier giant Maersk. According to Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc, the sourcing superpower’s global export share has increased steadily to about 37 percent this year from 33 percent in 2023, even as its shipments to the…
The US Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it plans to adopt rules to bar companies from connecting undersea submarine communication cables to the United States that include Chinese technology or equipment. “We have seen submarine cable infrastructure threatened in recent years by foreign adversaries, like China,” FCC Chair Brendan Carr said in a statement….
The German foreign ministry said on Tuesday the aircraft was taking part in the European Union’s Aspides mission to protect marine traffic in the waterway, while the People’s Liberation Army naval vessel laser-targeted it “without reason or prior contact”. The Chinese ambassador to Berlin was summoned for the incident the ministry described as “endangering German…
Berlin on Tuesday said the Chinese military had targeted a laser at a German aircraft taking part in an EU-led mission to protect marine traffic in the Red Sea. “Endangering German personnel and disrupting the operation is entirely unacceptable,” the foreign ministry said on social media, adding that Beijing’s ambassador to Berlin had been summoned…
Germany on Tuesday stated that the Chinese military had aimed a laser at one of its aircraft involved in an EU-led mission to safeguard maritime traffic in the Red Sea. In a post on the social media platform X, the German Foreign Ministry informed, “The Chinese military employed a laser targeting a German aircraft in…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Crew members aboard a Liberian-flagged ship set ablaze by a series of attacks in the Red Sea abandoned the vessel Sunday night as it took on water, marking the first serious assault in the vital corridor for trade after a monthslong campaign by Yemen’s Houthi rebels there. Suspicion for the attack on…