Muhammad Gummi, chief executive officer of G-baneen Nigeria, is living on a Ramadan prayer that his shipments will successfully arrive in the Gulf. His sesame seeds and cashew left the Apapa port in Lagos on February 26 aboard a Maersk vessel headed for the Strait of Hormuz to Jebel Ali port in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Two days later, missiles rained in the region as the United States and Israel launched joint attacks on Iran that turned catastrophic in only days. Gummi’s shipments are now trapped at sea with maritime activity paralys
