Bab el-Mandeb
27.30 vessels/day
−2.85% day
Between Yemen and Djibouti — the Red Sea’s southern gate. Houthi attacks since 2023 have pushed container shipping to reroute around Africa.
Nov 1 · 27.30 vessels/day · −7.1% vs the window’s open
the numbers78
| when | value | change |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 16 | 29.40 vessels/day | |
| Aug 17 | 29.40 vessels/day | 0.0% |
| Aug 18 | 30.40 vessels/day | +3.4% |
| Aug 19 | 31.60 vessels/day | +3.9% |
| Aug 20high | 32.90 vessels/day | +4.1% |
| Aug 21 | 31.40 vessels/day | −4.6% |
| Aug 22 | 30.40 vessels/day | −3.2% |
| Aug 23 | 29.40 vessels/day | −3.3% |
| Aug 24 | 30.40 vessels/day | +3.4% |
| Aug 25 | 29.40 vessels/day | −3.3% |
| Aug 26 | 28.40 vessels/day | −3.4% |
| Aug 27 | 27.30 vessels/day | −3.9% |
| Aug 28 | 28.10 vessels/day | +2.9% |
| Aug 29 | 26.30 vessels/day | −6.4% |
| Aug 30 | 26.30 vessels/day | 0.0% |
| Aug 31 | 24.60 vessels/day | −6.5% |
| Sep 1low | 23.70 vessels/day | −3.7% |
| Sep 2 | 25.40 vessels/day | +7.2% |
| Sep 3 | 25.90 vessels/day | +2.0% |
| Sep 4 | 26.60 vessels/day | +2.7% |
| Sep 5 | 26.30 vessels/day | −1.1% |
| Sep 6 | 25.40 vessels/day | −3.4% |
| Sep 7 | 26.90 vessels/day | +5.9% |
| Sep 8 | 27.30 vessels/day | +1.5% |
| Sep 9 | 26.90 vessels/day | −1.5% |
| Sep 10 | 27.30 vessels/day | +1.5% |
| Sep 11 | 25.90 vessels/day | −5.1% |
| Sep 12 | 26.10 vessels/day | +0.8% |
| Sep 13 | 27.30 vessels/day | +4.6% |
| Sep 14 | 26.00 vessels/day | −4.8% |
| Sep 15 | 26.30 vessels/day | +1.2% |
| Sep 16 | 24.00 vessels/day | −8.7% |
| Sep 17 | 24.00 vessels/day | 0.0% |
| Sep 18 | 24.70 vessels/day | +2.9% |
| Sep 19 | 25.40 vessels/day | +2.8% |
| Sep 20 | 24.70 vessels/day | −2.8% |
| Sep 21 | 25.00 vessels/day | +1.2% |
| Sep 22 | 24.70 vessels/day | −1.2% |
| Sep 23 | 25.60 vessels/day | +3.6% |
| Sep 24 | 26.10 vessels/day | +2.0% |
| Sep 25 | 26.40 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Sep 26 | 27.00 vessels/day | +2.3% |
| Sep 27 | 27.10 vessels/day | +0.4% |
| Sep 28 | 27.60 vessels/day | +1.8% |
| Sep 29 | 29.70 vessels/day | +7.6% |
| Sep 30 | 29.30 vessels/day | −1.3% |
| Oct 1 | 28.90 vessels/day | −1.4% |
| Oct 2 | 28.40 vessels/day | −1.7% |
| Oct 3 | 28.60 vessels/day | +0.7% |
| Oct 4 | 29.60 vessels/day | +3.5% |
| Oct 5 | 29.30 vessels/day | −1.0% |
| Oct 6 | 28.70 vessels/day | −2.0% |
| Oct 7 | 30.60 vessels/day | +6.6% |
| Oct 8 | 30.10 vessels/day | −1.6% |
| Oct 9 | 29.90 vessels/day | −0.7% |
| Oct 10 | 28.70 vessels/day | −4.0% |
| Oct 11 | 28.30 vessels/day | −1.4% |
| Oct 12 | 29.10 vessels/day | +2.8% |
| Oct 13 | 26.90 vessels/day | −7.6% |
| Oct 14 | 25.30 vessels/day | −5.9% |
| Oct 15 | 25.10 vessels/day | −0.8% |
| Oct 16 | 25.30 vessels/day | +0.8% |
| Oct 17 | 26.30 vessels/day | +4.0% |
| Oct 18 | 26.40 vessels/day | +0.4% |
| Oct 19 | 26.70 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Oct 20 | 29.00 vessels/day | +8.6% |
| Oct 21 | 28.60 vessels/day | −1.4% |
| Oct 22 | 28.40 vessels/day | −0.7% |
| Oct 23 | 29.40 vessels/day | +3.5% |
| Oct 24 | 28.30 vessels/day | −3.7% |
| Oct 25 | 28.90 vessels/day | +2.1% |
| Oct 26 | 27.90 vessels/day | −3.5% |
| Oct 27 | 27.00 vessels/day | −3.2% |
| Oct 28 | 26.70 vessels/day | −1.1% |
| Oct 29 | 26.60 vessels/day | −0.4% |
| Oct 30 | 25.70 vessels/day | −3.4% |
| Oct 31 | 28.10 vessels/day | +9.3% |
| Nov 1latest | 27.30 vessels/day | −2.8% |
Lately
The Houthis' war with Saudi Arabia has been fought over land: missiles at the kingdom's pipeline and at a refinery, a strike that lifted Brent, and Saudi strikes on Sanaa in reply. Ships kept passing through the strait toward the Suez Canal, whose revenue doubled to $724 million in October.