Shipping traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait dropped sharply on Sunday following attacks by Yemen's Houthi movement on Saudi oil facilities along the Red Sea coast, according to shipping data from Kpler.
Only 11 commodity vessels crossed the strategic waterway on Sunday, marking the lowest daily traffic recorded in several months. The decline comes as security concerns continue to disrupt one of the world's busiest maritime trade routes.
Despite the slowdown, several oil tankers continued operating in the region. Two Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) entered the Red Sea to load Saudi crude at Yanbu, while another Russian-linked tanker also transited the route.
Four vessels exited the Red Sea on Sunday, including the Hong Kong-flagged New Explorer, carrying about two million barrels of Saudi and Emirati crude to China's Ningbo Port. Another tanker transported one million barrels of Russian crude to China, while a separate vessel carrying approximately 750,000 barrels of Saudi crude headed to Pakistan.
A second Hong Kong-flagged VLCC, New Pearl, also departed the Red Sea with two million barrels of Saudi crude bound for Zhoushan, China. It is the fourth Chinese supertanker to leave the region since the Houthis announced a naval blockade targeting Saudi exports.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group launched strikes on Saudi Aramco facilities in the cities of Jizan and Yanbu on Saturday.
Meanwhile, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz also remained limited over the weekend. Fewer than 10 commodity vessels passed through the waterway each day, despite a pause in military strikes between the United States and Iran.
Energy analysts say the continued disruption in both the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz has raised concerns over global oil supplies and contributed to higher crude prices in international markets.
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