Yemen Red Sea Port Corporation,  confirms that the seventh anniversary of the targeting of the port of Hodeida by the US-Saudi aggression “on 18 of August 2015”, comes this year in light of a declared third truce that was renewed for two months, and the side of the aggression did not commit to implementing its provisions as its predecessors and the countries of the aggression are still practicing their crimes in imposing the siege and obstruction The work and activity of the Corporation and the ports “Hodeida, Salif, Mokha, Ras Issa”, and the entry of more than 600 items and commodities was prohibited, as well as the entry of spare parts for equipment, machinery and gantry cranes, in clear violation of all international treaties, agreements and covenants that stipulate the delivery of Materials are delivered to the people during periods of war, and container ships have been strictly prohibited from entering through the port of Hodeida since 2017, in addition to the oil tankers that were covered by the truce, they are detained for varying periods, as well as the port of Mokha, which is still under Emirati occupation and the Yemeni people does not benefit from its services not to mention the total cessation of the Ras Issa oil berth in Salif and the prevention of oil tankers from entering it since it was targeted by the aggression in the middle of 2017. As for the truce, the situation is the same like before as it is.

The corporation notes that on the technical side, the United Nations and its organizations did not abide by the commitments of the Stockholm Agreement, which was concluded on December 13, 2018, and stipulated that the Development Program provide support to the corporation to improve the efficiency and productivity of Yemen Red Sea ports under Security Council Resolution No. 2245 of 2019 And not to transfer the UNVIM mechanism for the control and inspection of ships from Djibouti to the port of Hodeida, according to the Stockholm Agreement.

The corporation points out that the aggression countries' targeting the ports is a cheap method that they have been using since their declaration of aggression against Yemen, and it is a clear and declared war crime and in full view and hearing of the international community, which is complicit with the enemy and who denies all human values ​​and all relevant laws, charters and treaties.

The Corporation reiterates that its ports play their humanitarian and relief role in accordance with international laws and norms and comply with the international system for port security, and ships returning to it are subject to United Nations control procedures.

The Corporation holds the United Nations and its envoys to Yemen and the relevant international organizations full legal and moral responsibility towards the aggression and siege against the people of Yemen.

On the seventh anniversary of the targeting of the port of Hodeida, the Corporation calls on the UN Security Council and the United Nations to lift the siege on its ports and end piracy and the detention of food, medicine and oil derivatives ships by the coalition of aggression without any restrictions or conditions.

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Yemen Red Sea Port Corporation:

Thursday 20 Muharram 1444 - 18 August 2022 AD

On Thursday 20/1/1444 the General Administration of Projects and Engineering Supervision, in cooperation with the General Department of Technical Affairs of Yemen Red Sea Ports Corporation, launched, the implementation of the second phase of the project to install rubber protection (Fenders) at Salif Port.

The Director General of Projects and Engineering Supervision at the Corporation, Engineer Eng/Sami Abdullah Maqboli, explained that the launch of the second phase of the project coincides with the work of the first phase in the port of Hodeida and the operational necessities of the Salif port.

He pointed out that the project, in its first and second phases, is implemented through the engineering and technical cadres in the two departments, according to the plan prepared by the administration, by supplying the berths in the corporation’s ports with all the necessary equipment to receive the various ships and their anchoring easily and smoothly without causing any external damages through the fenders that were supplied to the corporation’s warehouses according to the public tender. No. (5) for the year 2021.

Maqboli valued the support and keenness of the corporation's leadership in providing all the necessary requirements and needs for the two ports to enhance their service and humanitarian role for the Yemeni people.