Should the disruption in supplies happen, some drawdown on existing inventories will become necessary, Mr Ong wrote in a Facebook post.
The alternative is for ships coming from Europe and the Middle East to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, located at the southern tip of the African continent, to get to Asia, he added. But this is a longer journey that will take one to two more weeks.
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