Transport Minister confirms Hodeida Port’s readiness to receive all types of ships

On Feb 19, 2023 8:42 AM

HODEIDAH, Feb. 19 (YPA) – The Minister of Transport, Abdulwahhab Al-Durra, confirmed the readiness of Hodeida port to receive all types of container ships, including the port of Salif, as well as the port of Ras Issa, which completed the unloading of the oil derivatives ship today.

During a meeting held at the Red Sea Ports Corporation in Hodeida, Saturday, Minister Al-Durra referred to the importance of reactivating the port’s navigational activity. He praised the efforts of the Red Sea Ports Corporation to receive ships, facilitate procedures, and provide exemptions for berth rental fees, and the Economic Committee’s provision of an exemption of %49 of customs duties for goods and commodities imported into the port of Hodeida.

He also praised the role of the local authority in Hodeida in preparing roads for trucks to and from Hodeida, stressing that the Ministry is seeking to provide projects in Hodeida port in cooperation with the Supreme Economic Committee and the relevant authorities to ensure the development of the performance of navigation in the port, which was severely damaged as a result of the bombing of its equipment and mechanisms.

The Minister of Transport stated that the efforts will include, during the coming period, the rehabilitation of Hodeida Airport in order to enable it to operate and restore its activity to its normal state.

Al-Durra considered the port of Hodeida, the main port for more than 70 percent of Yemenis, and restoring its activity and opening it to all commercial ships is an urgent necessity, and an important step after eight years of unfair restrictions and systematic blockade.

Governor of Hodeida, Mohammad Qahim, stressed the keenness to make more efforts in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport in enhancing readiness to receive container ships, arranging the preparation of work in the Red Sea ports, and addressing challenges and difficulties in order to enhance navigational activity and the movement of ships entering the port.

E.M