MSC to Divert Shipping Away From Suez Canal After Red Sea Attacks

FILE - The USS Carney transits the Suez Canal on Nov. 26, 2923. The guided-missile destroyer on Dec. 16, 2023, shot down more than a dozen drones in the Red Sea launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. (U.S. Department of Defense via AFP)

Swiss-based MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co, the world's largest container shipping company, will stop using the Suez Canal after an attack on one of its ships, it said in a statement Saturday.