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If you harbour any hope that the Red Sea crisis might come to an end soon, The Loadstar respectfully suggests you should abandon it, as this extraordinary report in the Maritime Executive claims the Yemini militia group is earning around $180m a month in tolls from shipowners to not attack their vessels as they pass the Bab Al-Mandeb straits. The source of the article is a 537-page report from the UN’s expert panel on Yemen.

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