The Houthi blockade threat has not been effective! Oil tankers are sending out signals to "break through" the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and crude oil exports from Saudi Arabia's Yanbu port have returned to busy levels.

According to Zhitong Finance APP, as more ships pass through the Mandeb Strait with tracking signals turned off, Saudi Arabia's key crude oil export port of Yanbu appears to be experiencing its busiest day since the threat from Yemen's Houthi forces disrupted shipping in the region.