SINGAPORE – Ship traffic through Bab el-Mandeb fell on July 26 after Yemeni Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast, while transit through the Strait of Hormuz stayed low over the weekend, shipping data from Kpler showed on July 27 . Eleven commodity vessels passed through the Bab el-Mandeb strait on July 26 , the lowest level in months, the data showed. Red Sea traffic has been disrupted off the coast of Yemen since last week by the Tehran-aligned Houthis, who want to blockade Saudi exports, expanding the US-Iran conflict that has already choked oil supply through…
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