Global LNG Fleet Avoiding Red Sea With More Tankers Diverted
- Three empty Qatari tankers taking longer route around Africa
- Houthi militants are stepping up attacks in the waterway
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The global LNG tanker fleets appear to have stopped using the Red Sea and Suez Canal, as continued Houthi attacks on ships reroute flows of the power-station and heating fuel.
Two empty ships controlled by Qatar have turned away from the northern entrance of the Suez Canal in the Mediterranean Sea in the last day, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. A third Qatari vessel, which was also heading to the canal, reversed course off the coast of Morocco. The tankers will likely head to the Persian Gulf state via the longer route around Africa.