How is the Red Sea 危機 影響する／感情ing British companies?
- Many shipping 巨大（な）s have 一時停止するd all 旅行s through the Red Sea
- 普通の／平均（する） 全世界の コンテナ 率s have spiked by about 64% over the past year
- DFS and Dr Martens have experienced longer 配達／演説／出産 times 予定 to the 危機
Just as the 地位，任命する-lockdown 全世界の 供給（する） chain crunch seemed to be in the rearview mirror, troubles re-現れるd with a 始める，決める of crises 伴う／関わるing two of the world's most important 水路s.
極端に low 降雨 since last year, 悪化させるd by the El Nino 現象, has 軍隊d パナマ Canal 当局 to 限界 daily crossings and how much 貨物 ships can carry 経由で the 大西洋-太平洋の shortcut.
同時に, many shipping companies have 停止（させる）d all 輸送 through the Suez Canal まっただ中に 脅しs of attacks by the Houthis, a 交戦的な organisation controlling much of Yemen.
Given how 批判的な the Suez Canal is to Britain's 貿易（する） and 経済的な 繁栄, the 'Red Sea 危機' has 直接／まっすぐに 衝撃d UK 商売／仕事s.
Unless the 状況／情勢 is soon 解決するd, 会社／堅いs will continue 苦しむing another 広範囲にわたる period of 不確定 beset with 延期するd and more expensive 配達／演説／出産s.
Different 大勝する: Many shipping companies have 停止（させる）d all 輸送 through the Suez Canal まっただ中に 脅しs of attacks by the Houthis, a 交戦的な organisation controlling much of Yemen
What has 原因（となる）d the Red Sea 危機?
On 19 November 2023, six weeks after the 7 October attacks 誘発する／引き起こすd the イスラエル-Hamas war, the Houthis ハイジャック（する）d the 星雲 Leader 大型船 while it was in the Red Sea, through which about 15 per cent of 全世界の 貿易（する） travels.
The Houthis, 広範囲にわたって considered a proxy 民兵 of Iran, subsequently 警告するd that any Israeli-linked 大型船s travelling 経由で the sea would 'become a 合法的 的 for 武装した 軍隊s'.
Over the に引き続いて weeks, they attacked 非常に／多数の merchant ships, many with no 関係 どれでも to イスラエル.
In 返答, some of the world's largest shipping groups, 含むing Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM, and the Mediterranean Shipping Company, 一時停止するd all 旅行s 輸送ing the Red Sea.?
A US-led 軍の 操作／手術 called 繁栄 後見人 was 開始する，打ち上げるd, often 的ing the Houthi 軍隊s with 巡航する ミサイルs and 空気／公表する strikes, yet this has failed to 阻止する them.
交戦的な group: The Houthis, 広範囲にわたって considered a proxy 民兵 of Iran, have attacked 非常に／多数の merchant ships travelling through the Red Sea in 最近の months
Daily 輸送 through the Bab el-Mandeb 海峡 was 1.2 million metric トンs by 12 April, compared to 3.9 million a year earlier, によれば the International 通貨の 基金's Portwatch 壇・綱領・公約.
非常に／多数の boats have been コースを変えるd to go around the Cape of Good Hope on the tip of southern Africa, 追加するing at least ten days to voyages and だいたい £1.6million in costs.
普通の／平均（する） 全世界の コンテナ 率s have spiked by about 64 per cent over the past year, from $1,521 per 40-foot コンテナ to $2,795, によれば the Drewry World コンテナ 索引.
輸送（する）ing 製品s from Shanghai to Rotterdam has become 特に expensive, with freight 率s for this 大勝する 二塁打ing to $3,050, having touched $5,000 in late January.
保険 危険 賞与金s have also 殺到するd, from under 0.1 per cent of a 大型船's value in 中央の-December to between 0.7 and 1 per cent by 早期に February, as the 国際連合 会議／協議会 on 貿易（する） and 開発 has 報告（する）／憶測d.
How have UK 商売／仕事s been 影響する／感情d by the 危機??
A British 議会s of 商業 調査する in February 設立する that 37 per cent of UK companies were 衝撃d by the 危機, 含むing just over half of 輸出業者s and 製造業者s.
The BCC said that some 会社／堅いs were 支払う／賃金ing 300 per cent extra to 雇う コンテナs or waiting up to four weeks to receive goods, which was creating cashflow challenges and parts 不足s for 生産／産物 lines in some instances.
Ben Laidler, 全世界の markets strategist at online 壇・綱領・公約 eToro, says the Red Sea disruption is hitting those who 輸入する electronics, toys and furniture.
It has additionally 影響する／感情d 部門s reliant on just-in-time 供給（する） chains, like モーター cars, and time-極度の慎重さを要する seasonal goods, such as 着せる／賦与するing.
In January, Kenny Wilson, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of bootmaker Dr Martens, said his group would 直面する 'cost 関わりあい／含蓄s' from 配達／演説／出産 times 存在 around 12 days longer.
The に引き続いて month, sofa 販売人 DFS 警告するd that continued 延期するs could result in £4million of pre-税金 利益（をあげる）s 存在 deferred into the に引き続いて 財政上の year should the Red Sea disruptions continue for the 残り／休憩（する） of 2024.
Walking small: In January, the 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of bootmaker Dr Martens said his group would 直面する 'cost 関わりあい／含蓄s' from 配達／演説／出産 times 存在 around 12 days longer
The 危機 is 与える／捧げるing to higher 全世界の oil prices, with BP and 爆撃する 無期限に／不明確に 避けるing all 出荷／船積みs through the Red Sea.
A バーレル／樽 of Brent 天然のまま stands at $91, compared to $73 in 中央の-December.
But the 供給（する） chain 圧力s UK 商売／仕事s 直面する pale in comparison to those experienced two to three years ago.
Tea drinkers gasped in February when Tetley, Yorkshire Tea and Sainsbury's said they were experiencing 供給（する） 問題／発行するs, 主要な to panic that Britain's 国家の brew was going to run out.
However, 小売 bosses 主張するd the problems were 一時的な and would have little 衝撃 on 消費者s. 報告（する）／憶測s of tea 不足（高）s in 最近の weeks have faded.
Food 輸入するs are also ありそうもない to have been 影響する／感情d by the 危機 because they おもに come from the European Union, 公式文書，認めるs Helen Dickinson, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of the British 小売 国際借款団／連合.
What are UK companies doing to minimise disruption??
While the shipping 産業 is コースを変更するing a lot of 貨物 around the southern African coast, another 'obvious 解答s' is for 会社／堅いs to 増加する UK-based 在庫／株 levels, says William McBain, the BCC's 長，率いる of 貿易（する） 政策, although this would wei gh on 商売／仕事s' cash flow.
Many companies built up their 在庫 levels ahead of Britain's 出発 from the European Union 予定 to 関心s about greater 貿易摩擦.
There is also a rising 傾向 に向かって 国内の 製造業の or 'nearshoring,' whereby 商売／仕事s source their 製品s closer to home.
A March 2023 報告（する）／憶測 by Make UK and ソフトウェア developer Infor 設立する that 40 per cent of UK 製造業者s had 上げるd their UK sourcing over the last year, while a 類似の 百分率 planned to do so in the coming 12 months.
Another 代案／選択肢 is 空気／公表する freight, which has 急に上がるd in 人気 during the last few months and is a far quicker way of shipping goods.
全世界の 空気／公表する 貨物 需要・要求する grew by 11 per cent year-on-year in January, February and March, によれば transportation data provider Xeneta.
Niall 先頭 de Wouw, the group's 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある, said the airfreight market during the first ４半期/4分の1 of 2024 - 伝統的に a quieter period - was 'surprisingly busy'.
Yet, moving 製品s by 空気／公表する is more expensive than shipping, partly 予定 to the 限られた／立憲的な 量 that aeroplanes can carry and 制限s on shipping 危険な 構成要素s.
eToro's Laidler says 空気／公表する 貨物 'is only viable for the most 価値のある and time-極度の慎重さを要する 製品s' and is '特に prohibitive for 重大な items'.
Xeneta 設立する that the 普通の／平均（する） 位置／汚点／見つけ出す 率 on the Middle East and South A sia to Europe 回廊（地帯） in March was $2.82 per kg, 71 per cent higher compared to the same time last year.
These costs are often passed on to 消費者s, 得点する／非難する／２０s of whom have struggled with 高くする，増すd inflationary 圧力s in the past few years, on 最高の，を越す of a gruelling Covid-19 pandemic.
Whilst インフレーション is coming 負かす／撃墜する, this 進歩 will be 意味ありげに 脅すd or even 逆転するd if the 現在の Middle East 衝突 remains 未解決の.
