Yemen: More than 1,000 commercial ships passed through Bab al-Mandab in October Yemen's Ministry of Transportation: In October, a total of 1,083 commercial ships passed through the Bab al-Mandab strait, including 550 ships to the north and 533 ships to the south, with an average of 37 ships per day. The flow of international navigation in this waterway continued in a completely safe and smooth manner and no stops were recorded in it. After successive defeats on the battlefield, the Saudi regime continues its desperate efforts to militarize the Red Sea and make international routes unsafe.