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Will Bab el-Mandeb shipping transits recover to at least 80 percent of their pre-2024 baseline before the end of Q4 2026?
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Judgment readOil · Nat gas · Ags27 Sept

Will Bab el-Mandeb shipping transits recover to at least 80 percent of their pre-2024 baseline before the end of Q4 2026?

unlikelyno number: the engine is not validated on this questionlow confidence

Horizon — by end Q4 2026

Resolves

Resolves 'occurred' if IMF PortWatch shows Bab el-Mandeb daily transits at 80 percent or more of the 2023 average, sustained over a 30-day window, before 31 December 2026. Resolves 'did_not_occur'…

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The band, and what any point on it would mean
The band, and what any point on it would mean20 to 45 per cent
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What this read rests on7 inputs · as fed 2026-09-27, not yet frozen
  1. 01ActorHouthi forces — leverage tied to the wider regional conflict; a reason to keep the threat live
  2. 02ActorShipping lines — a durable security guarantee before returning to the route rather than a lull
  3. 03ActorWestern navies — to reopen the corridor without an open-ended military commitment
  4. 04Would change ita regional de-escalation that removes the Houthi rationale
  5. 05Would change ita security arrangement that insurers and carriers actually trust
  6. 06Would change ita single incident that resets carrier confidence to zero
  7. 07ReasoningCarriers move slowly and need a durable guarantee, not a quiet spell, so a full recovery inside the horizon is a stretch even if the shooting stops.

Carriers move slowly and need a durable guarantee, not a quiet spell, so a full recovery inside the horizon is a stretch even if the shooting stops.

Players and wants

Houthi forces — leverage tied to the wider regional conflict; a reason to keep the threat live

Shipping lines — a durable security guarantee before returning to the route rather than a lull

Western navies — to reopen the corridor without an open-ended military commitment

What would change this

a regional de-escalation that removes the Houthi rationale

a security arrangement that insurers and carriers actually trust

a single incident that resets carrier confidence to zero

Resolves

Resolves 'occurred' if IMF PortWatch shows Bab el-Mandeb daily transits at 80 percent or more of the 2023 average, sustained over a 30-day window, before 31 December 2026. Resolves 'did_not_occur' otherwise.

Source of record

IMF PortWatch — named in the criterion

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