Tanker traffic at Saudi Arabia's Yanbu port falls by a third, report says

Tanker traffic at Saudi Arabia's Yanbu port falls by a third, report says Tanker traffic at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia's main Red Sea oil terminal, has fallen by more than a third since Yemen’s Houthis announced a blockade of Saudi vessels through the Bab al-Mandeb strait on July 20, Lloyd's List Intelligence reports. To deal with the blockade, Saudi energy giant Aramco relies on a three-part operation to ship crude: shuttle tankers carry crude from Yanbu to Egypt’s Ain Sukhna, the SUMED pipeline pipes it across to Egypt’

Localisation: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Middle East
Source: Middle East Eye
Categorie: traffic
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:56:32 +0100