Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2011

At its narrowest point, the Strait is 21 miles wide, but the width of the shipping lane in either direction is only two miles, separated by a two-mile buffer zone. Alternate routes to the Strait include: The 745-mile long Petroline, also known as the East-West Pipeline, across Saudi Arabia from Abqaiq to the Red Sea.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

To reach the Red Sea, ships must travel through the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait off the coast of Yemen. But Yemen, one of the world’s poorest countries, has been going through a civil war for a decade now, with the Saudi- and US-backed Yemeni government fighting against an Iran-backed group called the Houthis.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 12, 2024

That said, the company operates factories around the world, so Houthis in Yemen have declared a blockade of a strait leading into the Red Sea in response to Israel's attack on Gaza. The shipping route is a significant thoroughfare that prevents thousands of miles of additional travel to get around Africa.

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