There she blows: lava flows and clouds of smoke and ash reach skyward after a volcano eruption on the island of Jazirt Atta-Ir in the Red Sea Photo: HO

Shippers shrug off Yemen volcano

Shipments of around 3 million barrels of oil per day through the southern entrance to the Red Sea were unaffected by a volcanic eruption on an island off Yemen, Yemen coastguard and shipping sources said today.

1 October 2007 9:33 GMT Updated 1 October 2007 9:33 GMT

By Anthea Pitt

Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates all send shipments through the Bab al-Mandab passage, an oil trader said today.

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Shippers shrug off Yemen volcano