This chapter highlights recent reminders of the shipping industry's fragility, such as the Ever Given incident in the Suez Canal and shipping disruptions in the war in Ukraine. It discusses current disruptions caused by the blockage in the Suez Canal, reduced capacity in the Panama Canal, the war in the Middle East, and the effects of climate change in Central America, emphasizing their impacts on the global supply chain.
The Houthis, a rebel group from Yemen, are seizing cargo ships in retaliation for the war in Gaza. Vox’s Joshua Keating explains how the pirates are expanding the Israel-Hamas war into the Red Sea — and your wallet.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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