Bab el Mandeb transits see first meaningful increase since start of Red Sea crisis
Some 850 vessels used the key shipping lane in August, totalling 988 passings
It would be reasonable to expect transits through the Bab el Mandeb to continue to fall given the threat posed by the Houthis remains largely unchanged, but risk appetite is dynamic, and there is likely an element of risk normalisation that is making Red Sea voyages less daunting — and even appealing — for some