Companies are rerouting around South Africa to avoid militia attacks in Yemen in one of the biggest disruptions to world trade since the Covid-19 pandemic
  • maniacal_gaff@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4617·
    9 months ago

    I mean, if buttholes are shooting missiles at boats, I think we’re beyond “convenient excuses.” Do you want to captain a ship through there by chance?

    • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
      331·
      9 months ago

      Any legitimate situation will be taken to gouge prices far beyond their actual additional costs. So yes, it is a convenient excuse.