So missile and drone attacks by Houthi militants in Yemen on ships passing through the narrow strait of Bab al-Mandab, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, apparently in support of Palestinians in Gaza, look like the latest blow to the shipping industry and to its customers but alternative routes are a boon for shipping firms. Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea are a blow to global trade, do you think that Houthi militants power was underestimated ?

