Containerships are still making transits on the Suez/Bab-el-Mandeb despite
heightened risks following the collapse of ceasefire talks between Israel and
Hamas and the escalation of the Houthi attacks on commercial shipping on the Red
Sea which has widened to the Indian Ocean. Over 90 transits on the Bab-el-Mandeb
has been recorded since 1 April 2024, mainly by smaller carriers operating in
the Asia-Med and Baltic Sea routes, compared to over 700 voyages diverted to the
Cape route in the same per