The Suez Canal blockage that has disrupted east-west shipping could impact India\u2019s trade and curtail key manufacturing supplies while raising transport costs as shipping rates spike due to the crisis. Department of Commerce is planning re-routing shipments through the Cape of Good Hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa. Contemporary geographic knowledge instead states the southernmost point of Africa is Cape Agulhas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When following the western side of the African coastline from the equator, however, the Cape of Good Hope marks the point where a ship begins to travel more eastward than southward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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