FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin China has held direct talks with Yemen’s Houthi movement to secure safe passage for Chinese tankers through the southern Red Sea, Reuters reported, citing six sources familiar with the matter. The Houthis announced restrictions on vessels linked to Saudi Arabia on July 20, expanding attacks on tankers carrying energy and other supplies amid the wider Iran conflict. According to Reuters’ sources, Beijing has asked the Houthis to guarantee protection for Chinese vessels transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, with individual ships reportedly being cleared before passage. RelatedNews Intermodal: Houthi actions put regional trade routes and tanker markets under pressure INTERCARGO: Every seafarer deserves to return home var jnews_module_21379050_0_6a69e3ea26cbd = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21379050","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"87,3377,280,288","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image