The number of ships transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday reached the highest number since July 19, preliminary shipping data showed on Wednesday.
Thirty-nine commodity ships passed through the waterway on Tuesday, while five transited on Wednesday, according to ship-tracking data from analytics firm Kpler, with only a few transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.
Two of the five ships exiting the Bab el-Mandeb on July 29 were carrying crude oil, including very large crude carrier (VLCC) Sophia and the Aframax tanker Ocean Laureate.
Separately, of the 39 ships passing through on July 28, 20 ships entered the strait while 17 exited, the data showed.
Among those exiting, three were Aframax tankers carrying crude. The Aisopos and Gustav exited to the Gulf of Aden, each carrying more than 750,000 barrels of oil, while the Karachi is carrying around 430,000 barrels of crude bound for Pakistan.
