Mandab

The Egyptian Red Sea Destroyer made its way to the Bab el-Mandab strait on October 6, 1973 and remained there for seven months.

Bab el-Mandeb 2008

Political stability in Yemen is vitally important to regional oil producers, given that Yemen sits at the entrance to the Bab el Mandab strait, which links the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean.

Energy profile of Yemen 2008

The Egyptian Navy imposed a blockade on Eilat, an important Israeli port by closing the Bab el-Mandab strait in the Yom Kippur War.

Bab el-Mandeb 2008

The Petroline is utilized at less than half capacity, as shipments from Yanbu add up to five days roundtrip travel time for tankers through the Bab al-Mandab strait to major customers in Asia.

Energy profile of Saudi Arabia 2008

Disruption to shipping in the Bab el-Mandab could prevent tankers in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Aden from reaching the Suez Canal/Sumed pipeline complex, instead diverting them at great cost around the southern tip of Africa.

Energy profile of Yemen 2008

In addition, closure of the Bab el-Mandab would effectively block non-oil shipping from using the Suez Canal, except for limited trade within the Red Sea region.

Bab el-Mandeb 2008

After passing through the Bab al-Mandab, oil en route from the Persian Gulf to Europe must pass either through the Suez Canal or the Sumed Pipeline complex in Egypt.

Persian Gulf 2007

And the Bab al Mandab, the strait at the mouth of the Red Sea, became a land bridge.

Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996

They learned it from Egyptians, perhaps, or nomad wanderers from the hinterlands of Arabia, or perhaps it was already latent within every old-world culture by then; and "within the straits of Mandab" would have become "within the pillars of Hercules," and then, because the Mediterranean itself was not strange and exotic enough, the locale was moved outside even that strait.

Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996

When the flood came, Naog had a little advance notice: The first torrent to break through the Bab al Mandab caused the Salty Sea to rise rapidly, backing up in the canals of the Derku people for several hours before the pressure of the ocean burst through in earnest, sending a wall of water dozens of meters high scouring the entire width of the Red Sea basin.

Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996