Avg. # of ships transiting Bab el-Mandeb Strait end of August?
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Kepler reported that the number of confirmed crossings through the Bab el-Mandab strait decreased by 7.7 percent to 36; 15 ships entered the Red Sea and 21 ships left.
Al-Hadath correspondent Ahmed Bajato: Shipping traffic in the Bab al-Mandab Strait is declining... only 3 ships are crossing the waterway daily.
Al-Hadath correspondent Ahmed Bajato: Shipping traffic in the Bab al-Mandab Strait is declining... only 3 ships are crossing the waterway daily.
Data from Kpler showed a decline in shipping traffic through the Straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb, with only 7 vessels transiting Hormuz and 23 Bab el-Mandeb yesterday, amid continued uncertainty surrounding talks between the United States and Iran. No supertankers or liquefied natural gas tankers passed through either strait. #AlMayadeen
Urgent Lloyd's List: - Some ship owners and operators are avoiding calling at Saudi ports on the Red Sea - Insurance coverage remains available for vessels not linked to Saudi Arabia - Operations at Saudi ports such as Yanbu are operating covertly, disabling AID before leaving the area via the Suez Canal - Traffic through Bab el-Mandeb shows signs of stabilizing despite the naval blockade on Saudi shipping - 223 transits of vessels with AID operational were recorded in Bab el-Mandeb between August 10 and 16
Lloyd's List: Traffic through Bab el-Mandeb shows signs of stabilization despite the naval blockade on Saudi shipping 223 transits recorded for vessels with AID in operation in Bab el-Mandeb between 10 and 16 August
Live: Hormuz transits down as Bab al-Mandeb sees increase, says data firm
Twelve Saudi ships escape Bab al-Mandab Zionist company Windward: In the past two weeks, 12 Saudi oil tankers and bulk carriers have changed their routes, avoiding traffic through Bab al-Mandab. During this period, ship traffic has decreased from 52 to 20, and the travel time for an oil tanker from Taiwan to Yanbu has increased from 24 to 56 days.
Twelve Saudi ships escape Bab al-Mandab Zionist company Windward: In the past two weeks, 12 Saudi oil tankers and bulk carriers have changed their routes, avoiding traffic through Bab al-Mandab. During this period, ship traffic has decreased from 52 to 20, and the travel time for an oil tanker from Taiwan to Yanbu has increased from 24 to 56 days.
Twelve Saudi ships escape Bab al-Mandab Zionist company Windward: In the past two weeks, 12 Saudi oil tankers and bulk carriers have changed their routes, avoiding traffic through Bab al-Mandab. During this period, ship traffic has decreased from 52 to 20, and the travel time for an oil tanker from Taiwan to Yanbu has increased from 24 to 56 days.
Twelve Saudi ships escape Bab al-Mandab Zionist company Windward: In the past two weeks, 12 Saudi oil tankers and bulk carriers have changed their routes, avoiding traffic through Bab al-Mandab. During this period, ship traffic has decreased from 52 to 20, and the travel time for an oil tanker from Taiwan to Yanbu has increased from 24 to 56 days.
Twelve Saudi ships escape Bab al-Mandab Zionist company Windward: In the past two weeks, 12 Saudi oil tankers and bulk carriers have changed their routes, avoiding traffic through Bab al-Mandab. During this period, ship traffic has decreased from 52 to 20, and the travel time for an oil tanker from Taiwan to Yanbu has increased from 24 to 56 days.
12 Saudi-flagged tankers and bulkers are on the same route around the Cape of Good Hope right now. None through Bab el-Mandeb. • • The detour adds roughly 4,000-6,000 nautical miles and 10-14 days to a Europe or Mediterranean-bound voyage. Several of these vessels changed their stated destination more than once in the past two weeks, and some only locked one in after passing South Africa. • • A carrier rerouting its fleet around a chokepoint while keeping destinations ambiguous is a risk signal worth reading.
Marine Traffic reported that Bab el-Mandeb was significantly busier than the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, with 116 confirmed crossings recorded.
Marine Traffic reported that Bab el-Mandeb was significantly busier than the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, with 116 confirmed crossings recorded.
Bab el-Mandeb transits are down one-fifth since the Houthi blockade began July 20, per Windward multi-sensor data cited in @nytimes • • One Chinese-flagged vessel made the run to Jeddah broadcasting "CHINA SHIP CREW" on AIS = identity as protection. • •
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This market will resolve according to the 7-day moving average of transit calls (“Arrivals of Ships”) for the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that IMF Portwatch reports for August 31, 2026.
Transit calls include container, dry bulk, roll-on/roll-off, general cargo, and tanker ships. Ships not reported by IMF Portwatch will not be considered.
This market will resolve as soon as the relevant data has been published. If the relevant data is not published within 14 calendar days of the specified date, this market will resolve based on the most recent data published up to that point.
In case of obvious data integrity issues (i.e., erroneous data), the market may remain open until the end of the third calendar day (ET) after the date on which such data is first released to allow for corrections. Data integrity issues refer only to clerical or other similar errors in the underlying data, and do not include cases where IMF Portwatch differs from alternative sources.
The resolution source for this market will be IMF PortWatch, specifically the “Arrivals of Ships” data published for the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at https://portwatch.imf.org/pages/6b1814d64903461b98144a6cc25eb79c.