Briefing
Since July, Houthis have intensified Red Sea operations and control Bab el-Mandeb, halting Saudi oil loadings via pipeline disruptions. Suez Canal transits plummeted to zero by September 18 from a 73-day median of 51—a 98 percent decline, per ChartNav's monitor. Container carriers returned to Suez by September 24 as rates adjusted. Diesel prices reached record highs amid Iran-Ukraine war export disruptions. An EU diplomat urged member states to bolster naval protection, with two countries potentially deploying vessels by September 28. By October 1, a container alliance resumed Suez routing as tensions eased, per Splash247. On October 2, press reports indicated Saudi Arabia plans an offensive to secure the Red Sea shipping route. AIS coverage below 0.7 limits accuracy of zone statistics.
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Transits (24 h)
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vs 30-day median
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Vessels in zone
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Underway now
Data & citation
Transit counts are gate-line crossings computed hourly from ChartNav's own live AIS network (terrestrial receivers; coverage varies by zone — the coverage figure above says how complete the picture is, and reporting gaps are only flagged for vessels that were underway and stopped reporting globally). Baselines are rolling medians of complete days. Numbers may differ from weekly satellite-AIS datasets such as IMF PortWatch, which lag by several days but see areas terrestrial receivers cannot.
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