Bab el-Mandeb Strait
CRITICALStrait · monitor radius 60km · 9% of global crude oil maritime shipping, Suez Canal connection
Suez Canal southern entrance, Red Sea entry route — 2024 Houthi attacks causing bypass crisis
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Passing commodities
Dependent countries (consumers)
Surrounding hotspots — incidents here feed directly into chokepoint risk
Alternative route
Cape of Good Hope bypass (+10~14 days)
90d risk trend
2026-01-18 — 2026-04-17Recent events in radius (0)
No events in the past 30 days.