Houthi Missiles Do Far More Damage to Trade Than to Actual Ships

A container ship on the Suez Canal.Photographer: Stringer/Bloomberg
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Houthi attacks on merchant shipping in and around the southern Red Sea are causing widespread disruption to global trade — but the damage to individual vessels has so far been relatively light.