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Ships Fleeing the Red Sea Now Face Perilous African Weather
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Ships sailing around the southern tip of Africa are wrestling with a bout of bad weather that has already run one vessel aground and seen another lose more than 40 containers overboard.
CMA CGM SA said on Thursday that its ship CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin earlier this week lost 44 containers as a result of unexpectedly strong weather conditions off the South African coast, with another 30 damaged. A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S also said a ship had also been delayed arriving into Cape Town due to unfavorable sailing.