Reflections on BGI’s Gulf Partnerships: Localisation Is Not Sovereignty
As the Strait of Hormuz crisis intensifies and persists, major container lines have suspended or rerouted Gulf calls around the Cape of Good Hope, adding ten to fourteen days to deliveries of medical devices, consumables, and diagnostic inputs. Freight and insurance costs spiked. Airspace restrictions compounded the disruption: medical and humanitarian supplies including IV fluids,…