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DAILY · IMF PortWatch

Bab el-Mandeb

26 vessels/day +4.00% day

Between Yemen and Djibouti — the Red Sea’s southern gate. Houthi attacks since 2023 have pushed container shipping to reroute around Africa.

Sep 20 · 26.00 vessels/day · −27.8% vs the window’s open

IMF PortWatch · daily
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Jun 2636.00 vessels/day
Jun 2732.00 vessels/day−11.1%
Jun 2837.00 vessels/day+15.6%
Jun 2936.00 vessels/day−2.7%
Jun 3038.00 vessels/day+5.6%
Jul 132.00 vessels/day−15.8%
Jul 239.00 vessels/day+21.9%
Jul 331.00 vessels/day−20.5%
Jul 431.00 vessels/day0.0%
Jul 534.00 vessels/day+9.7%
Jul 629.00 vessels/day−14.7%
Jul 727.00 vessels/day−6.9%
Jul 832.00 vessels/day+18.5%
Jul 929.00 vessels/day−9.4%
Jul 1027.00 vessels/day−6.9%
Jul 1144.00 vessels/day+63.0%
Jul 1241.00 vessels/day−6.8%
Jul 13high46.00 vessels/day+12.2%
Jul 1446.00 vessels/day0.0%
Jul 1540.00 vessels/day−13.0%
Jul 1633.00 vessels/day−17.5%
Jul 1746.00 vessels/day+39.4%
Jul 1840.00 vessels/day−13.0%
Jul 1933.00 vessels/day−17.5%
Jul 2035.00 vessels/day+6.1%
Jul 2126.00 vessels/day−25.7%
Jul 2231.00 vessels/day+19.2%
Jul 2334.00 vessels/day+9.7%
Jul 2430.00 vessels/day−11.8%
Jul 2522.00 vessels/day−26.7%
Jul 2620.00 vessels/day−9.1%
Jul 2732.00 vessels/day+60.0%
Jul 2833.00 vessels/day+3.1%
Jul 2934.00 vessels/day+3.0%
Jul 3038.00 vessels/day+11.8%
Jul 3128.00 vessels/day−26.3%
Aug 120.00 vessels/day−28.6%
Aug 230.00 vessels/day+50.0%
Aug 317.00 vessels/day−43.3%
Aug 427.00 vessels/day+58.8%
Aug 5low14.00 vessels/day−48.1%
Aug 631.00 vessels/day+121.4%
Aug 730.00 vessels/day−3.2%
Aug 825.00 vessels/day−16.7%
Aug 934.00 vessels/day+36.0%
Aug 1029.00 vessels/day−14.7%
Aug 1125.00 vessels/day−13.8%
Aug 1225.00 vessels/day0.0%
Aug 1320.00 vessels/day−20.0%
Aug 1431.00 vessels/day+55.0%
Aug 1540.00 vessels/day+29.0%
Aug 1636.00 vessels/day−10.0%
Aug 1729.00 vessels/day−19.4%
Aug 1832.00 vessels/day+10.3%
Aug 1933.00 vessels/day+3.1%
Aug 2029.00 vessels/day−12.1%
Aug 2121.00 vessels/day−27.6%
Aug 2233.00 vessels/day+57.1%
Aug 2329.00 vessels/day−12.1%
Aug 2436.00 vessels/day+24.1%
Aug 2525.00 vessels/day−30.6%
Aug 2626.00 vessels/day+4.0%
Aug 2721.00 vessels/day−19.2%
Aug 2827.00 vessels/day+28.6%
Aug 2920.00 vessels/day−25.9%
Aug 3029.00 vessels/day+45.0%
Aug 3124.00 vessels/day−17.2%
Sep 119.00 vessels/day−20.8%
Sep 238.00 vessels/day+100.0%
Sep 324.00 vessels/day−36.8%
Sep 432.00 vessels/day+33.3%
Sep 518.00 vessels/day−43.8%
Sep 623.00 vessels/day+27.8%
Sep 734.00 vessels/day+47.8%
Sep 822.00 vessels/day−35.3%
Sep 935.00 vessels/day+59.1%
Sep 1027.00 vessels/day−22.9%
Sep 1122.00 vessels/day−18.5%
Sep 1220.00 vessels/day−9.1%
Sep 1331.00 vessels/day+55.0%
Sep 1425.00 vessels/day−19.4%
Sep 1524.00 vessels/day−4.0%
Sep 1619.00 vessels/day−20.8%
Sep 1727.00 vessels/day+42.1%
Sep 1827.00 vessels/day0.0%
Sep 1925.00 vessels/day−7.4%
Sep 20latest26.00 vessels/day+4.0%

Lately

Houthi fighters took Mokha in early September and then Perim Island inside the lane itself, putting the Yemeni side of the strait under the control of a party to the war for the first time. Brent reached $109.50, Saudi crude deliveries to Pakistani refineries stopped, and Italy moved warships to escort its own ships rather than wait for an EU mission.

  1. Houthis Seize Bab Al-Mandab
  2. Mokha Falls to Houthis
  3. Saudi Oil Routes Besieged
  4. Chokepoint Risk Threatens Pakistan Fuel
  5. Italy Breaks From EU Escorts

Mentioned in · 8

  1. Yemen Displacement Tops 130,000 TASS
  2. Italy Breaks From EU Escorts Al Jazeera Online
  3. Chokepoint Risk Threatens Pakistan Fuel Dawn
  4. Houthi Advance Threatens Oil Route RT
  5. Houthi Advance Displaces Yemenis The Guardian
  6. Saudi Oil Routes Besieged The War Zone
  7. Houthis Seize Bab Al-Mandab BBC
  8. Mokha Falls to Houthis Dawn