The maintenance of the asphalt yard for the birth of Salif port is currently being implemented under Tender No. 7 for the year 2021, which is implemented by the General Corporation for Roads and Bridges and is supervised by the General Administration of Projects and Engineering Supervision of Yemen Red Sea Ports Corporation.

The Director General of Projects and Engineering Supervision, Engineer Sami Abdullah Maqboli, explained that the implementation of the maintenance and rehabilitation process for the asphalt yard of the Salif port berth comes under the directives of the leadership of the Corporation represented by Captain Mohammad Abu Bakr Ishaq and in the light of the study prepared in advance by the Corporation with a total area of ​​(17,400 square meters) and a cost of approximately (147 million Riyals) ) Self-financed by the corporation.

He explained that the maintenance process for the yard has not been carried out since its entry into service in the year 1997, and that conducting the maintenance process now will have a positive impact on the smoothness of movement and ease of operation at the Salif port, as this yard is used for unloading and shipping goods to and from ships, as well as for loading goods trucks to the markets.

On Sunday, 6/3/1444 corresponding to 10/2/2022, the Ministry of Transport issued a circular to all shipping companies to stop and prevent shipping operations related to the activities of companies involved in smuggling the Yemenis nation’s wealth, property and capabilities of oil, gas and minerals,.

The Ministry of Transport held the shipping companies fully responsible for violating this, because any navigational transport activity that violates the circular is a violation of the regular procedures and will be dealt with as an illegal act and detrimental to the higher interest of the country.