“银河领袖”号汽车运输船的25名船员在被也门胡塞武装囚禁了14个多月后，可能很快就会获释。

一名胡塞高级官员告诉日本全日空新闻网（ANN），在巴勒斯坦调解人的推动下，这艘船的船员将在“未来几天”获释。

“银河领袖号”是一艘悬挂巴哈马国旗的汽车运输船，由Ray car Carriers拥有，由日本NYK Line运营，于2023年11月19日被扣押。

武装的胡塞武装分子乘坐直升机登上了这艘船，抓获了25名船员，其中包括17名菲律宾人、3名乌克兰人、2名墨西哥人、2名保加利亚人和1名罗马尼亚人。

在过去的14个月里，释放船员的尝试一直没有成功。

自那时起，已有300多起针对商船的袭击事件被记录在案，胡塞武装声称这些行动是对以色列和哈马斯之间冲突的报复。

以色列官员否认“银河领袖”号与以色列有任何联系，澄清说它是英国所有的，由一家日本公司经营。

持续不断的袭击迫使全球航运改道通过好望角，这大大增加了运输时间和成本。据《经济学人》报道，改道每年给全球经济造成1750亿美元的损失。

这次中断导致苏伊士运河交通量大幅下降。

根据Jefferies Investment Bank的数据，集装箱船运输量下降了90%，液化天然气运输船下降了80%，液化石油气运输船下降了67%，成品油运输船下降了59%，干散货船下降了52%，原油运输船下降了48%。

S&P全球报告称，由于运输时间缩短，红海航线的重新开放可能会恢复6-8%的集装箱运力。

然而，地中海航运公司（Mediterranean shipping Co.）和马士基（Maersk）等航运公司出于安全考虑，仍谨慎地将船只改道绕过非洲。

在被囚禁的429天里，“银河领袖”号船员面临着许多挑战。一些船员因疟疾住院，船员在船上和陆地之间反复移动。

船主将这一情况描述为“恐怖故事”，并敦促立即释放船员。

“他们从未参与其中，他们的国家也没有参与其中，但一年多来，他们的自由受到了限制。是时候继续前进了，”船主表示，并表示希望船员们能回来。

胡塞武装周日宣布，只要以色列和哈马斯保持停火，就将停止在红海对国际商船的袭击。

然而，他们警告说，以色列拥有或悬挂以色列国旗的船只仍将成为袭击目标。他们还威胁说，如果美国、英国或以色列对也门发动任何侵略，他们将恢复袭击。

▲Screengrab from YouTube video posted by The London Standard

英文原文

The 25-member crew of the Galaxy Leader car carrier may soon be released after spending over 14 months in captivity under Yemen’s Houthi forces.



A senior Houthi official told Japan’s All-Nippon News Network (ANN) that the ship’s crew would be released in “the coming days” through negotiations facilitated by Palestinian mediators.



The Galaxy Leader, a Bahamas-flagged car carrier owned by Ray Car Carriers and operated by Japan’s NYK Line, was seized on November 19, 2023.



Armed Houthis boarded the vessel via a helicopter, capturing the 25 crew members, including 17 Filipinos, three Ukrainians, two Mexicans, two Bulgarians, and one Romanian.



Attempts for the release of the crew over the past 14 months have been unsuccessful until now.



Since then, over 300 attacks on merchant vessels have been recorded, with the Houthis claiming these actions were in retaliation for the conflict between Israel and Hamas.



Israeli officials denied any link between the Galaxy Leader and Israel, clarifying that it is British-owned and operated by a Japanese company.



The continued attacks forced global shipping to reroute via the Cape of Good Hope, which has significantly increased transit times and costs.  According to The Economist, the rerouting costs the global economy $175 billion annually.



The disruption caused a major decline in Suez Canal traffic.



Containership transits dropped by 90%, LNG carriers by 80%, LPG carriers by 67%, product tankers by 59%, dry bulk carriers by 52%, and crude tankers by 48%, according to Jefferies Investment Bank.



The reopening of Red Sea shipping routes could restore 6-8% of container capacity due to shorter transit times, S&P Global reported.



However, shipping companies like Mediterranean Shipping Co. and Maersk remain cautious to reroute their vessels around Africa for safety.



During their 429-day captivity, the Galaxy Leader crew faced many challenges.  Some members were hospitalised with malaria, and the crew was repeatedly moved between the ship and land.



The ship’s owners described the situation as a “horror story”, urging the immediate release of the seafarers.



“They were never involved, nor were their countries, yet for more than a year, they have had their *** curtailed.  Time to move on,” the owners stated, expressing hope for the crew’s return.



The Houthis announced on Sunday that attacks on international merchant ships in the Red Sea would cease as long as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire is maintained.



However, they warned that Israeli-owned or Israeli-flagged vessels would still be targeted.  They also threatened to resume attacks if there were any aggression against Yemen by the U.S., U.K., or Israel.

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