In recent weeks, the Panama Canal, through which 40% of United States containers pass, has been facing a historic drought that reduces traffic. Two of the main arteries of global trade are facing difficulties.

The Red Sea, especially at the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, south of the Suez Canal, was attacked by Houthi rebels. A dozen merchant ships since the end of November. They cracked down again on a container ship from the Maersk group on Thursday and, on Friday, a missile hit a boat belonging to the German company Hapag-Lloyd. The Danish giant has “asked all Maersk ships in the region that have to pass through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait to interrupt

The first attack was a hostage-taking in November. It looked like those of the Somali pirates a decade ago. The Danish giant finally “asked all Maersk ships in the region that need to pass through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait to interrupt their voyage