As trade in the Red Sea is disrupted due to the Houthi threat, airborne supertankers are sailing to the Egyptian Mediterranean port Sidi Krill to load Saudi crude oil, while observable ship traffic at Saudi Arabia's key Red Sea export hub is declining. According to ship tracking data, at least eight very large crude oil carriers have set their destination as Sidi Creel and are planning to arrive between the next few weeks and mid-August. Saudi Aramco has been increasing the amount of oil supplied through the Egyptian port after the Iran-backed Houthis attacked a Red Sea ship last week. Earlier on Tuesday, the Saudi Red Sea port of Yanbu did not observe any tankers docking, but some ships may have turned off transponders and loaded cargo while evading surveillance.

As trade in the Red Sea is disrupted due to the Houthi threat, airborne supertankers are sailing to the Egyptian Mediterranean port Sidi Krill to load Saudi crude oil, while observable ship traffic at Saudi Arabia's key Red Sea export hub is declining. According to ship tracking data, at least eight very large crude oil carriers have set their destination as Sidi Creel and are planning to arrive between the next few weeks and mid-August. Saudi Aramco has been increasing the amount of oil supplied through the Egyptian port after the Iran-backed Houthis attacked a Red Sea ship last week. Earlier on Tuesday, the Saudi Red Sea port of Yanbu did not observe any tankers docking, but some ships may have turned off transponders and loaded cargo while evading surveillance.