Bab-el-Mandeb containers
11 ships/day
+37.50% day
Container ships crossing the strait between Yemen and Djibouti each day, the southern gate of the Red Sea and the Suez route between Asia and Europe. When it is unsafe, lines divert around Africa and freight takes weeks longer.
Oct 11 · 11.00 ships/day · +120.0% vs the window’s open
the numbers51
| when | value | change |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 22 | 5.00 ships/day | |
| Aug 23 | 7.00 ships/day | +40.0% |
| Aug 24 | 4.00 ships/day | −42.9% |
| Aug 25 | 6.00 ships/day | +50.0% |
| Aug 26 | 4.00 ships/day | −33.3% |
| Aug 27 | 5.00 ships/day | +25.0% |
| Aug 28 | 5.00 ships/day | 0.0% |
| Aug 29low | 2.00 ships/day | −60.0% |
| Aug 30 | 3.00 ships/day | +50.0% |
| Aug 31 | 5.00 ships/day | +66.7% |
| Sep 1 | 4.00 ships/day | −20.0% |
| Sep 2 | 8.00 ships/day | +100.0% |
| Sep 3 | 6.00 ships/day | −25.0% |
| Sep 4 | 4.00 ships/day | −33.3% |
| Sep 5 | 5.00 ships/day | +25.0% |
| Sep 6 | 3.00 ships/day | −40.0% |
| Sep 7 | 10.00 ships/day | +233.3% |
| Sep 8 | 5.00 ships/day | −50.0% |
| Sep 9 | 4.00 ships/day | −20.0% |
| Sep 10 | 5.00 ships/day | +25.0% |
| Sep 11 | 5.00 ships/day | 0.0% |
| Sep 12 | 3.00 ships/day | −40.0% |
| Sep 13 | 9.00 ships/day | +200.0% |
| Sep 14 | 3.00 ships/day | −66.7% |
| Sep 15 | 4.00 ships/day | +33.3% |
| Sep 16 | 5.00 ships/day | +25.0% |
| Sep 17 | 9.00 ships/day | +80.0% |
| Sep 18 | 6.00 ships/day | −33.3% |
| Sep 19 | 4.00 ships/day | −33.3% |
| Sep 20 | 4.00 ships/day | 0.0% |
| Sep 21 | 6.00 ships/day | +50.0% |
| Sep 22 | 2.00 ships/day | −66.7% |
| Sep 23 | 6.00 ships/day | +200.0% |
| Sep 24 | 2.00 ships/day | −66.7% |
| Sep 25 | 6.00 ships/day | +200.0% |
| Sep 26 | 8.00 ships/day | +33.3% |
| Sep 27 | 4.00 ships/day | −50.0% |
| Sep 28 | 4.00 ships/day | 0.0% |
| Sep 29 | 5.00 ships/day | +25.0% |
| Sep 30 | 4.00 ships/day | −20.0% |
| Oct 1 | 4.00 ships/day | 0.0% |
| Oct 2 | 6.00 ships/day | +50.0% |
| Oct 3 | 5.00 ships/day | −16.7% |
| Oct 4 | 9.00 ships/day | +80.0% |
| Oct 5 | 3.00 ships/day | −66.7% |
| Oct 6 | 6.00 ships/day | +100.0% |
| Oct 7 | 6.00 ships/day | 0.0% |
| Oct 8 | 5.00 ships/day | −16.7% |
| Oct 9 | 5.00 ships/day | 0.0% |
| Oct 10 | 8.00 ships/day | +60.0% |
| Oct 11latest | 11.00 ships/day | +37.5% |
Lately
The Houthi missiles of the fortnight fell on land, not on ships in the strait: on Riyadh's airport, on an Aramco building in Dhahran and on a training camp in Shabwa. Nothing reported in the same days accounts for the return of container traffic.