Gulf states’ food security is at immediate risk but wider shortages could push up consumer prices globally
- Written by Gokcay Balci, Lecturer in Sustainable Freight Transport and Logistics, University of Leeds
Before the crisis began, ports like Jebel Ali in the UAE were seeing millions of containers of goods passing through them every year.Druid007/ShutterstockThe Iranian regime has announced the closure of the strait of Hormuz and threatened to target ships attempting to transit the narrow waterway. Some have already been damaged. While this could...
