Yemen's unilateral blockade of shipping to fascist Israel has not stopped all ships from supporting the monster but it has certainly had an impact. Efforts by the U.S. to build a coalition to break the blockade has not been entirely successful, with several countries backing out but Norway and Denmark recently joining. While the U.S. claims that it has downed over 100 Yemeni missiles and drones, the attacks on ships continue.
The last reported activity by Yemen forces against shipping in the Red Sea was December 28 according to the U.S. Central Command, which claims that it shot down one drone and one anti-ship ballistic missile in the Southern Red Sea.
Ships that are not Israeli or Jewish owned or stopping at Israeli occupied ports, are generally not targeted and Yemen claims that it warns all ships by radio and gives them the opportunity to avoid being attacked. In fact, hundreds of ships transit the Red Sea daily without incident and for smaller ships, local piracy is more of a threat than Yemen's Houthi military forces.
The giant shipping company Maersk had been re-routing all ships around the Cape of Good Hope since December 19, but has recently started scheduling select transits through the Red Sea. French carrier CMA CGM has also announced that it would be restoring some Red Sea routes. However, Hapag-Lloyd says that it believes it is still too dangerous to send vessels into the area and it will continue to divert ships the long way, around the tip of Africa.
Some ships that are transiting the Red Sea have started making it more clear that they have nothing to do with Israel by stating so in their AIS, according to TankerTrackers.com. The Automatic Identification System (AIS) required on all commercial vessels is a shipboard broadcast system that acts like a transponder which can transmit ship name, course and speed, classification, call sign, registration number, MMSI, and other information such as a short text message.
The one ship captured by Yemen, the Israeli-owned Galaxy Leader, remains under Yemen control but it is expected that the 25 crew members, which hail from from Bulgaria, Mexico, Philippines, Romania, and Ukraine, will be repatriated soon. After 6 weeks, the ship's billionaire Jewish owner, Abraham “Rami” Ungar, has finally agreed to pay for the cost of sending the crew home, but may end up deducting what he can from their meagre pay.