Trade Routes

from The News Desk at The Cradle, July 22,2026 As global attention remains fixed on the Strait of Hormuz, another chokepoint is being disrupted: Bab al-Mandab. Located between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and squeezed between Djibouti and Yemen, the strait carries 12 percent of global trade and one-quarter …

by F.M. Shakil, published on The Cradle, May 8,  2026 When more than 3,000 Iran-bound containers began piling up at Karachi’s ports, the Strait of Hormuz crisis had already moved beyond the sea. It was now pressing on Pakistan’s docks, customs authorities, and border crossings. Soon after, Islamabad announced an …