No Speedy Return for Red Sea Traffic, Say Wary Shipowners

No speedy return for Red Sea traffic, say wary shipowners

Suez shipping well below 2023 levels 176 ships attacked before Houthi deal Iran-Israel conflict prolongs uncertainty The Red Sea has been quieter than usual this year. Attacks by Houthi rebels, who targeted at least 176 commercial ships in 2023 and 2024 using rockets, rubber dinghies and helicopters, have all but stopped. No attacks have been recorded this year and a settlement between the group and the US in May has created hopes for a permanen…

A Red Sea hall of mirrors: US and Houthi statements vs. actions

6 May 2025 – The Oval Office is packed, cameras flashing as United States President Donald Trump fields questions beside Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Mid-sentence, Trump drops the news: “The Houthis have announced they don’t want to fight anymore … we will stop the bombings … they have capitulated.”1 The terms of the deal emerge a few hours later — not from Washington, but from Muscat. The Sultanate of Oman, the quiet broker, breaks the s