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Vessel-tracking data show that the Chinese-owned crude carriers Xin Long Yang and Cosnew Lake transited the Bab el-Mandeb Strait southward on Thursday, each carrying roughly 2 million barrels of Saudi crude and announcing Chinese crew aboard. The vessels belong to COSCO Shipping and had turned back earlier in the week before resuming passage.
Yemen’s Houthi authorities stated they carried out attacks on two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea as part of a declared blockade, with UK Maritime Trade Operations reporting one vessel struck approximately 80 nautical miles off Al Shuqaiq.
Location: Red Sea