Italy readies navy to protect its shipping amid Bab el-Mandeb tensions
Crosetto said delays could raise transport costs and prices as Italy weighs a naval deployment to protect ships and undersea cables.
- On Thursday, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto announced Italy is preparing a possible naval mission to safeguard merchant shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait amid mounting security concerns.
- Security fears surged this month after Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of parts of the Yemen coast, threatening Saudi oil exports rerouted from the Strait of Hormuz.
- Crosetto warned that disruptions to major shipping lanes would drive up transport costs and delay deliveries, pushing higher prices onto Italians, while noting undersea infrastructure vulnerability including data cables and energy links.
- "I have decided to activate the Italian navy to prepare what is necessary to guarantee the safe transit of Italian ships," Crosetto stated, emphasizing the need to prevent bureaucratic delays.
- Though specific naval assets remain undisclosed, Crosetto affirmed the military will intervene with determination to safeguard Italy's security, prosperity, and future economic stability.
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Last week, the Huthi militia brought the entire west coast of Yemen under its control. It thus has unrestricted access to the Strait Bab al-Mandab. Italy now relies on an operation without an EU decision.
The Italian government is annoyed by bureaucracy and now wants to take the heft of action into its own hands. Rome announces to protect its own ships from attacks by the Houthis. Meanwhile, the US is said to have made a deal with the militia.
Kreiszeitung
The situation around the important sea route is tense. Italy wants to protect ships with its own navy through the strait Bab al-Mandab – without waiting for the EU.
Il Tempo
La Spezia, 17 set. (askanews) - "I am interested to restore the traffic of the Italian ships through Bab el-Mandeb, making it safe, in order not to have other economic impacts that aggravate those that already we have for the price of the oil and the gas. The situation of Hormuz we are facing it in other ways" has said the minister of Defense Guido Crosetto, to the margin of the fourth edition of the Forum "Risorsa Mare" organized from Teha Grou…
Italy Mobilizes Navy to Secure Vital Shipping Lanes in Bab el-Mandeb
Italy plans a naval mission to protect its merchant shipping amid rising security concerns in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Defense Minister Guido Crosetto emphasizes the urgent need to mobilize the navy to ensure safe vessel transit, highlighting the potential economic impact of delays and vulnerabilities in maritime infrastructure.
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