The tankers are the first evidence of vessels carrying Saudi crude for India going dark by turning off their transponders. | India News

Saudi Arabia is rerouting crude through Egypt's Sidi Kerir port as a Houthi blockade threat keeps tankers away from the Red Sea's Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Roughly a dozen oil tankers were sailing in the vicinity of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait as of Tuesday evening, following an uptick in traffic the day before as shippers bet on new…