Houthi embargo on Saudi shipping and attacks at Bab el-Mandeb

Day: 112
Severity: 3 Significant
Transits, all vessel types, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, last 28 days: 27.2 transits per day (-25%)

Transits, all vessel types, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, 2026-05-11 (11 May 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 14 transits per day on 2026-08-05 to 47 transits per day on 2026-06-04, with a mean of 31.0 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 24 transits per day. The shaded band marks the event so far, 2026-07-20 to 2026-11-08.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-11-10 (10 November 2026).

Transits, all vessel types, Bab el-Mandeb Strait (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-05-11	30
2026-05-12	45
2026-05-13	38
2026-05-14	38
2026-05-15	24
2026-05-16	38
2026-05-17	34
2026-05-18	45
2026-05-19	45
2026-05-20	37
2026-05-21	35
2026-05-22	38
2026-05-23	42
2026-05-24	46
2026-05-25	37
2026-05-26	26
2026-05-27	40
2026-05-28	42
2026-05-29	30
2026-05-30	32
2026-05-31	33
2026-06-01	41
2026-06-02	38
2026-06-03	31
2026-06-04	47
2026-06-05	28
2026-06-06	41
2026-06-07	37
2026-06-08	31
2026-06-09	38
2026-06-10	32
2026-06-11	41
2026-06-12	41
2026-06-13	38
2026-06-14	33
2026-06-15	35
2026-06-16	25
2026-06-17	42
2026-06-18	41
2026-06-19	41
2026-06-20	39
2026-06-21	37
2026-06-22	30
2026-06-23	30
2026-06-24	37
2026-06-25	46
2026-06-26	36
2026-06-27	32
2026-06-28	37
2026-06-29	36
2026-06-30	38
2026-07-01	32
2026-07-02	39
2026-07-03	31
2026-07-04	31
2026-07-05	34
2026-07-06	29
2026-07-07	27
2026-07-08	32
2026-07-09	29
2026-07-10	27
2026-07-11	44
2026-07-12	41
2026-07-13	46
2026-07-14	46
2026-07-15	40
2026-07-16	33
2026-07-17	46
2026-07-18	40
2026-07-19	33
2026-07-20	35
2026-07-21	26
2026-07-22	31
2026-07-23	34
2026-07-24	30
2026-07-25	22
2026-07-26	20
2026-07-27	32
2026-07-28	33
2026-07-29	34
2026-07-30	38
2026-07-31	28
2026-08-01	20
2026-08-02	30
2026-08-03	17
2026-08-04	27
2026-08-05	14
2026-08-06	31
2026-08-07	30
2026-08-08	25
2026-08-09	34
2026-08-10	29
2026-08-11	25
2026-08-12	25
2026-08-13	20
2026-08-14	31
2026-08-15	40
2026-08-16	36
2026-08-17	29
2026-08-18	32
2026-08-19	33
2026-08-20	29
2026-08-21	21
2026-08-22	33
2026-08-23	29
2026-08-24	36
2026-08-25	25
2026-08-26	26
2026-08-27	21
2026-08-28	27
2026-08-29	20
2026-08-30	29
2026-08-31	24
2026-09-01	19
2026-09-02	38
2026-09-03	24
2026-09-04	32
2026-09-05	18
2026-09-06	23
2026-09-07	34
2026-09-08	22
2026-09-09	35
2026-09-10	27
2026-09-11	22
2026-09-12	20
2026-09-13	31
2026-09-14	25
2026-09-15	24
2026-09-16	19
2026-09-17	27
2026-09-18	27
2026-09-19	25
2026-09-20	26
2026-09-21	27
2026-09-22	22
2026-09-23	25
2026-09-24	31
2026-09-25	29
2026-09-26	29
2026-09-27	27
2026-09-28	30
2026-09-29	37
2026-09-30	22
2026-10-01	28
2026-10-02	26
2026-10-03	30
2026-10-04	34
2026-10-05	28
2026-10-06	33
2026-10-07	35
2026-10-08	25
2026-10-09	24
2026-10-10	22
2026-10-11	31
2026-10-12	34
2026-10-13	17
2026-10-14	24
2026-10-15	24
2026-10-16	25
2026-10-17	29
2026-10-18	32
2026-10-19	36
2026-10-20	33
2026-10-21	21
2026-10-22	23
2026-10-23	32
2026-10-24	21
2026-10-25	36
2026-10-26	29
2026-10-27	27
2026-10-28	19
2026-10-29	22
2026-10-30	26
2026-10-31	38
2026-11-01	30
2026-11-02	30
2026-11-03	25
2026-11-04	27
2026-11-05	34
2026-11-06	25
2026-11-07	19
2026-11-08	24

This is a measured change in public data during the event window, compared with a baseline before it. It shows timing, not cause. We describe an event as causing a change only when an official source says so.

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