Electrolux joins foods giant Danone in exploring diverting shipping from Red Sea and Suez Canal  

The Swedish group has worked with shipping companies such as Maersk and CMA on potential measures after attacks in the Red Sea

The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney. The American warship and multiple commercial ships came under attack earlier this month in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said.

Sweden's Electrolux has joined foods giant Danone and container shipping company Maersk to to find alternative routes or identify priority deliveries to try to avoid any disruption from the attacks on ships in the Red Sea that may prevent access to the Suez Canal. 

The world's top appliance maker is the latest company to act after recent attacks on vessels forced leading shipping companies including Maersk to reroute around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the canal.