Two oil tankers carrying Saudi crude for India and China changed course in the Red Sea on Tuesday after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militia warned shipping companies against loading or unloading cargo at Saudi ports, Reuters reported.
The vessels — Xin Long Yang, carrying about 2 million barrels of Saudi crude for China, and Rodos, loaded with around 700,000 barrels for India — turned around and headed towards the Suez Canal instead of continuing towards the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off Yemen's coast, according to shipping data cited in the report