has been launched by houthi fighters in yemen on a us cargo vessel ship off aden. this comes after united states announced that it is returning the group to a list of global terrorist organisations. the escalating tensions in the red sea have many analysts concerned that the impact of these attacks will drive up the cost of living. some shipping companies have had to take a detour around africa driving up costs or have decided to suspend shipments indefinitely. mukesh sahdev head of oil trading at the research firm rystad energy describes what is at stake in the markets. what is at stake as there is a lot of crude oil moving from east to west, right? and fat crude oil, i would say, is blocked by russia, crude oil by india, by china. that is at stake. the other thing that is also at stake is a lot of plates that move towards europe. so i would say all and all, we are talking about a sizeable number of barrels of crude and product. now, the question comes, will all of th