Global motor racing series World Endurance Championship (WEC) has turned to air freight to avoid delays with ocean shipping due to the Red Sea crisis.

Pole Star Global explores the challenges around data issues as the Red Sea Crisis drives greater and more diverse data usage for decision making.

The shipping world is united in its condemnation of the Houthi attack which has left three crew dead and a number of others injured and traumatised after a missile struck the Greek-owned bulk carrier True Confidence.

The Indian Navy has released dramatic video showing the rescue of seafarers from the bulker True Confidence struck by a Houthi missile on 6 March.

Three seafarers are confirmed to have died and at least four are injured, three critically, after a Houthi missile struck the bulk carrier True Confidence.

The MSC Sky II was targeted by Houthis who fired an anti-ship missile which struck and damaged the vessel, UK MTO reports that all crew are safe and the ship has continued on its journey.

The handysize bulk carrier, Rubymar, flagged in Belize, eventually foundered early on Saturday morning two weeks after being struck by a Houthi-fired anti-ship ballistic missile on February 18.

Container line CMA CGM has resumed transit of some vessels through the Red Sea on a case-by-case basis, despite continued Houthi attacks on shipping transiting the region.

A Houthi missile found its target some 70 nm south of Aden causing minor damage and a minor injury to a crew member, according to reports from US Central Command (CENTCOM).

The idle container ship fleet has contracted again as the crises in the Red Sea and Panama Canal suck capacity into service diversions and distort the market, as newbuildings arrive to alleviate tonnage crunch.