Reports: Car carrier changes course in the Gulf of Aden and sails away after previously indicating the Saudi port of Jeddah as its destination.

- Four tankers changed course in the Red Sea on Wednesday, with two now indicating they were headed for the Suez Canal after Yemen's Houthi rebels warned ships against sailing to Saudi ports, ship tracking data showed.

Ship tracking data from the London Stock Exchange Group and Marine Traffic, as well as analysis by the British maritime risk management group Vanguard, showed that all of these vessels had changed course, and the other two indicated that their destination was open waters in the Red Sea.

According to shipping data, a fifth vessel – a car carrier – appears to have changed course in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday after indicating that its next destination was the Saudi port of Jeddah.