Yemen Red Sea ports losses exceed 800 million dollars due to Saudi aggression, siege

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Yemen Red Sea Ports Corporation announced Saturday that its losses, due to US-Saudi aggression and siege, exceeded 800 million dollars, noting that the decline in various import ships from 794 ships in 2014 amounted to 191 at their lowest level in 2018.

The Corporation clarified that the decline in merchandise imports is from 6 million and 640 thousand tons in 2014 to 3 and a half million tons during the years of the blockade, while the volume of fuel imports decreased by half.

It pointed out that 75% of the export activity stopped as it decreased from 227 thousand tons to 59 thousand tons, explaining that 12 thousand employees and workers in Hodeidah ports were directly and indirectly affected by the consequences of the siege.

The Chairman of the Corporation, Captain Mohamed Abu Bakr Ishaq, told Almasirah that the declared losses are the Corporation losses only and the corporation's association with the national economy, the private sector and the movement of labor are not included. He stressed that the continuation of the aggression and the blockade doubles the losses and prevents the real development movement.

He pointed out that due to the wrong policies of the previous regime, Yemen's foreign imports reached 90% of food and agricultural materials, while Yemen is an agricultural country!

In turn, the head of Al-Hodeidah port union, Ali Rajeh, explained that the number of workers in the port of Al-Hodeidah is 3400, and they were all affected by the siege.

Rajeh stressed that the unjust siege on Yemen is more deadly than the bombs and missiles that were launched by the aggression aircraft, pointing out that the siege imposed hunger in the labor movement in ports and many today are unable to provide basic meals for his family.

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