Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p><strong>Israel scrambles to address maritime insurance freeze after Houthi attacks, sources say</strong></p><p><em>Decision of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> insurer not to provide additional 'war risk' coverage to vessel sunk by <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Yemeni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yemeni</span></a> group could have chilling effect on Haifa port</em> 😜</p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/MiddleEastEye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEastEye</span></a><br>By Sean Mathews<br>Published date: 16 July 2025 14:15 BST</p><blockquote><blockquote><p>"Vessels are going to start to avoid calling at <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> ports. It's not about getting hit by the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Houthis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Houthis</span></a> but the chance of not being insured," a maritime security official told <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/MEE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MEE</span></a>. "Does a secondary or tertiary link to <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> mean you can be denied coverage?"</p><p>The Eternity C had no direct link to Israel, but Cosmoship vessels regularly called at Israeli ports last year. The CEO of Stem Shipping, the owner of Magic Seas, acknowledged that his vessels sometimes call at Israeli ports also.</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-approaches-maritime-insurers-after-houthi-attacks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">middleeasteye.net/news/israel-</span><span class="invisible">approaches-maritime-insurers-after-houthi-attacks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/EndBlockadeOfGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndBlockadeOfGaza</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/RestoreFundsToUNRWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RestoreFundsToUNRWA</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/WestAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestAsia</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p>