Indian fuel supplies and German ships avoid the Red Sea. Most fuel tankers coming from the world's largest refining complex, run by Reliance Industries of India, are sailing through the Cape of Good Hope.
The Yemeni Houthi group's attacks on Israeli, American, and British ships prompted many shipping companies to divert their ships south around Africa. The Red Sea and the Suez Canal are the shortest route between Asia and Europe, but the Houthis have attacked them in the past.. The German merchant fleet consists of 1,800 ships with a total tonnage of 47 million tons.