Avoiding the Bab al-Mandab strait requires a much longer route around the Cape of Good Hope

Major shipping routes

Europe

Strait of

Hormuz

Asia

Iran

Suez canal

Africa

Red Sea

Yemen

Bab al-Mandab

strait

Cape of

Good Hope

Major shipping routes

Europe

Strait of

Hormuz

Asia

Iran

Suez canal

Africa

Red Sea

Yemen

Bab al-Mandab

strait

Cape of

Good Hope

Major shipping routes

Europe

Strait of

Hormuz

Asia

Iran

The

Gulf

Suez canal

Africa

Red Sea

Yemen

Bab al-Mandab

strait

Cape of

Good Hope

Major shipping routes

Europe

Strait of

Hormuz

Asia

Iran

The

Gulf

Suez canal

Africa

Red Sea

Yemen

Bab al-Mandab

strait

Cape of

Good Hope