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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 10/09/2026

7/9 Timing matters especially for fertiliser. A shipment arriving several weeks after farmers need to apply it may still count as delivered, but cannot necessarily recover its value to that season's crop. An oil pipeline offers no alternative route for those cargoes. #FoodSecurity

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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 10/09/2026

8/9 Crews also live through every repeated change of voyage plan. Longer voyages and uncertain arrival dates can disrupt relief arrangements and extend time away from home. Keeping trade moving depends on people whose need for safety, rest and replacement does not disappear. #Seafarers

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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 10/09/2026

9/9 My article examines what the earlier Red Sea disruptions tell us about this next phase of the crisis, including oil deliveries to Asia and why recovery takes time. Ships can keep moving while the service becomes less dependable and harder to afford.

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The Hormuz Crisis: What Happens When the Alternatives Begin to Fail? | Ash Oro

Reports that Houthi forces have taken Mokha bring renewed attention to Bab al-Mandeb and the shipping routes through the Red Sea. For Saudi oil moving through Yanbu to avoid Hormuz, this places furthe...

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