RED SEA WATCH

Qatar pauses LNG shipments through the Red Sea

At least five Qatari vessels carryingliquefied natural gas making their way to the Bab El Mandeb strait have been halted since Friday, Bloomberg reports. Some 209 oil tankers — making up around 4% of the world’s oil fleet — have started rerouting away from the Red Sea over the weekend, Asharq Business reports, citing a…