Greek Tankers Reroute Around Africa To Avoid Deadly Red Sea Attacks

Greek-managed oil tankers carrying Russian crude oil to Asia are now avoiding the Red Sea due to increasing Houthi attacks. These vessels are instead sailing the much longer route around Africa via the Cape of Good Hope to reduce the risk of being targeted.

According to information from three oil traders and shipping data from LSEG, tankers such as Minerva Elpida, Minerva Vera, and Nissos Ios, which are transporting a total of about 300,000 metric tons of Russian Urals crude, departed in late June and early July and are headed to India using the southern route around Africa.

This comes after a series of attacks on Greek-operated bulk carriers. In one recent case, a Liberian-flagged ship was hit by drones and speedboats off the coast of Yemen, killing four seafarers.

In another incident in July, the Houthi group sank a separate vessel. The Iran-backed group has claimed that the attacks are being carried