traffic has dropped since the Iran-aligned Houthi militia began targeting ships in November 2023 in what the group says are attacks in solidarity with Palestinians against Israel in the Gaza war.
Killing random innocent civilians in solidarity with the Palestinians 😎 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
This is exactly what happened. They are paying close attention to where these ships go, what they haul, who own them, etc. Now that it is known it is dangerous to be a shipping vessel going to Israel these companies are going to do what they can to obfuscate shipping to Israel in response. So on the surface it will look like they hit a ship with cargo for elsewhere, but they are actually part of a fleet moving cargo into Israel.