Key facts
- Ocean Network Express sent a container ship through the Bab al-Mandab Strait, at the southern end of the Red Sea.
- Nikkei reported the transit was ONE's first through the strait in about three years.
- Nikkei reported ONE is expected to step up shipping through the Red Sea.
Ocean Network Express, a Japanese-owned shipping group, sent a container ship through the Bab al-Mandab Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea, Nikkei reported on November 16, 2026. The report said it was the company's first transit of the strait in about three years.
Nikkei also reported that ONE is expected to step up shipping through the Red Sea. The report gave no figure for the number of vessels involved or for volumes carried, and it did not state the date of the transit.