Seeking to avoid curbs on movement in Red Sea, two oil tankers carrying Saudi crude to Indian refiners sailed out by temporarily going “dark”. The tankers sailed out of the Red Sea through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

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…