{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Bab el-Mandeb","description":"When a carrier announces that an Asia–Europe service will return to the Suez routing, its vessels inevitably transit Bab el-Mandeb as well. The strait lies between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea on the Horn of Africa, linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. At its narrowest point it measures only around 30 kilometres, which makes it a textbook chokepoint of world trade: every ship using the short Asia–Europe route via Suez must pass through it. Si","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/bab-el-mandeb","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-08-16T04:16:20.896313","citation":"Frachtportal-News «Cosco öffnet Rotes Meer wieder – Maersk und Hapag-Lloyd bauen Suez-Dienste aus» (12.08.2026); Reuters","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/bab-el-mandeb","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Bab el-Mandeb · When a carrier announces that an Asia–Europe service will return to the Suez routing, its vessels inevitably transit Bab el-Mandeb as well. · Quelle: Frachtportal-News «Cosco öffnet Rotes Meer wieder – Maersk und Hapag-Lloyd bauen Suez-Dienste aus» (12.08.2026); Reuters"}