Red Sea marine traffic up 60% after Houthis narrowed targets, EU commander says – Middle East Monitor

Red Sea marine traffic has increased by 60 per cent to 36-37 ships a day since August 2024, but is still short of volumes seen before Yemen’s Houthis began attacking Israel and US-linked ships in the region, according to the commander of the EU’s Aspides naval mission, Reuters reports.

The number of merchant ships using the narrow Bab Al-Mandab strait increased after missile and drone attacks by the Houthis slowed and the US and the Yemeni group signed a…