Container shipping through the Red Sea decreased by almost 30% in 2023 due to ongoing attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The rebels have launched over 30 attacks on commercial shipping and naval vessels since November 19th, citing solidari...
Even with an international naval force in place, Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea continue. As a result, widespread reroutings of ocean container traffic away from the Suez Canal continue, and ocean freight rates have begun to spike. This dispatch includes an update on the ...
Four months after our report first aired, the Houthis are still on the attack in the Red Sea. So far, they have sunk two cargo ships, the second, just this past week. Overall, shipping traffic remains about half of what it was before the attacks began. Produced...
Around 5 ships crossing the Red Sea are using their signals to show their links with China, a step taken to avoid attacks by the Houthis in the Red Sea.
These attacks are part of a broader campaign by the Houthis, which began in November 2023, targeting ships in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The group claims to be targeting vessels associated with Israel or en route to Israeli ports, citing the ongoing Israeli attacks in the...
He said the rebels’ attacks would only stop when the “siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza is lifted.” The United Nations called on the Houthis “to cease all attacks against international shipping in the Red Sea,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, expressing serious ...
Ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck three commercial ships Sunday in the Red Sea.
ADEN, Yemen, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen's Houthi group, vowed on Friday to continue its naval operations in the Red Sea, rejecting media reports suggesting a decrease in Houthi maritime attacks, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. ...
Houthis show no sign of ending ‘reckless’ Red Sea attacks as trade traffic picks up, commander says Dec. 30, 2023 “The hostilities on Yemen by the British and U.S. naval military units caused a disruption in the submarine cables in the Red Se...
He added Italy was not a direct target of the movement at the moment, and Houthi's attacks in the Red Sea would stay focused on "preventing Israeli ships from heading to occupied Palestine and targeting U.S. and British ships for American and British support to Israel in attacking Gaza."...