Arya News - Commercial vessel traffic in the Bab al-Mandab Strait has fallen by 56% following the Houthi announcement that it would close the strait to Saudi vessels, the Emirati newspaper National reported citing data from the analytics company Kpler.
Earlier, the Houthis announced they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia in response to the latter"s control of Yemen"s airspace for 12 years and the shelling of Sanaa airport when an Iranian plane carrying a Houthi delegation was landing. On Sunday, only 15 ships passed through the strait, a 56% decrease from the 34 ships that crossed the strait on July 20, the day the embargo was announced, the newspaper reported. According to Kpler data, nine of these ships were exiting the Red Sea, and six were entering it. The goods carried on the ships included crude oil, grain, and fertilizer.
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Commercial vessel traffic in the Bab al-Mandab Strait has fallen by 56% following the Houthi announcement that it would close the strait to Saudi vessels, the Emirati newspaper National reported citing data from the analytics company Kpler.
Earlier, the Houthis announced they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia in response to the latter"s control of Yemen"s airspace for 12 years and the shelling of Sanaa airport when an Iranian plane carrying a Houthi delegation was landing.
On Sunday, only 15 ships passed through the strait, a 56% decrease from the 34 ships that crossed the strait on July 20, the day the embargo was announced, the newspaper reported.
According to Kpler data, nine of these ships were exiting the Red Sea, and six were entering it. The goods carried on the ships included crude oil, grain, and fertilizer.