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The World Shipping Council expressed its thanks to the member nations of the Operation Prosperity Guardian coalition formed to address the maritime security crisis in the Red Sea region.

Protecting seafarers

The mission of this task force is critical to protecting seafarers and to defending the foundational principle of freedom of navigation.

World Shipping Council is grateful that these nations have come together to protect seafarers and the vessels on which they serve, and hope that the coalition will succeed in creating the necessary conditions for safe passage through the Red Sea.

Secure and safe navigation

The Council also calls upon the global community to continue to pursue every possible diplomatic effort in support of security and safe navigation through this region which is vital to international trade.

World Shipping Council CEO John W. Butler added, “On behalf of our member carriers, I particularly want to stress the importance of the coalition’s action to defend the safety and lives of our seafarers, the thousands of men and women from around the world who every day ensure vessels carrying food, medicines, humanitarian supplies, and goods of all kinds safely reach their destination ports on every continent.”

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