The Houthis Just Declared a Naval Blockade on a Key Strait
Just when global supply chains thought they could catch a breath, another key shipping bottleneck gets thrown into chaos.
The Houthis in Yemen just announced a naval blockade on the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait, which is basically the tiny bottleneck connecting the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean.
For anyone who doesn't spend their weekends studying maritime trade maps, a massive chunk of the world's commercial shipping has to squeeze through this exact narrow strip of water. Now, a local armed group is threatening to turn off the tap for international maritime traffic while tensions between the US and Iran escalate.
Global logistics managers are probably looking at shipping insurance rates right now and quietly pouring a very strong drink.
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