27JUL2018 - NEWS - Saudi Arabia halts oil shipments through Bab El-Mandeb Strait after VLCC attacks

Recently two VLCCs which are operated by the country's national shipping company Bahri were attacked by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. After this Saudi Arabia has halted all oil shipments through the Bab El-Mandeb Strait. In reaction to this incident Saudi Aramco is suspending all oil shipments through the Bab El-Mandeb Strait with connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.