The event (Maersk diverting some voyages from the Red Sea-Suez route to the Cape of Good Hope) impacts Intel through its supply chain in the following ways: Supply Chain Identification (Step 1): The event predominantly affects the shipping & logistics sector, energy costs, raw material transportation (especially metals, chemicals, gases), and the semiconductor/electronics manufacturing supply chain that depends on timely delivery of intermediate goods and components. Selected Company (Step 2): Among the listed firms, Intel is chosen as the affected enterprise since it belongs to the semiconductor industry and relies heavily on global shipping to receive raw materials, chemicals, intermediate components, and equipment. Transmission via Dependency Chain (Step 3): Intel’s supply chain typically flows as follows: Raw materials (e.g. silicon, chemical reagents, metal alloys, specialty gases) → Intermediate products (silicon wafers, photomasks, photoresists, etc.) → Chip fabrication (Intel’s fabs and partner facilities) → Final semiconductor products for electronics. Specific impacts: 1. Delays in delivery of raw materials and intermediate goods. Intel sources wafers, photoresists, chemical gases, etc., from suppliers in Asia, the Middle East, or Europe. If these items were originally shipped via the Red Sea-Suez Canal route (for example, specialty gases or photoresist chemicals often shipped in containers), diversion to the Cape of Good Hope adds extra travel days (in analogous cases adding 10-14 days or more), disrupting Intel’s just-in-time inventory management. 2. Increased transportation costs. Rerouting to longer sea paths raises fuel consumption, vessel chartering and insurance expenses—these elevated costs flow into Intel’s cost of procuring raw and intermediate materials. 3. Greater instability in supply of intermediate products. Delays in empty container returns, port congestion and schedule variability from reroutes can result in Intel fabs lacking critical chemicals, gases or photomasks, potentially forcing reduced throughput or even temporary shutdowns of production lines. 4. Strained manufacturing rhythm and delivery commitments. Intel’s commitments to OEMs and server customers depend on predictable lead times. Delivery delays and cost volatility may force Intel to revise production forecasts, increase safety stock, or adjust product launch schedules. In sum, this event propagates through the chain raw material → intermediate products → chip manufacturing, disturbing Intel’s costs, delivery timing, production efficiency and possibly margin and customer trust.