YPC: 34 million, 500 thousand dollars in fines due to the detention of fuel ships

The Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) on Friday said that the fines for delaying of the oil ships held by Saudi-led aggression forces exceeded 34 million dollars and 500 thousand dollars, equivalent to 21 billion riyals.

The move came during a protest in front of the UN headquarters in the capital Sanaa, organized by the YPC entitled “USA Detains Oil Ships .”

The coalition countries have not allowed one liter of fuel into the port of Hodeidah for 71 days, YPC’s Executive Director Ammar Al-Adhrai said in a statement to media.

He warned of a complete collapse of the service sectors in the coming days due to the run out of fuel.

Since the beginning of January 2021, the fines for the detention of fuel vessels estimated 13 times the value of the aid ship, he said.

The United Nations provides misleading reports from its offices and exploits international media reports, the latest of which was CNN journalist Nima Elbagir’s report and its use to bring in donor aid, al-Adhari explained.

During the recent meeting for the Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, William David, was handed over some international reports that proved that humanitarian aid was useless under the embargo, including the Harvard University report, the World Bank study and the USAID study.

Al-Adhrai blamed the United Nations and the Saudi-led aggression countries, led by The United States, for the humanitarian disaster that might happen to the Yemeni people because of the continued detention of fuel vessels.

He called on all free people in the world, all jurists, all activists and media to stand with the Yemeni people and expose the coalition countries, led by the US , which is exercise piracy against fuel ships that caused further suffering for 26 million Yemenis.

Al-Adhrai noted that all service sectors are threatened with suspension in the coming days due to the lack of fuel and the continued detention of fuel vessels.

Meanwhile, the statement issued by the YPC’s trade union bodies , calling on the United Nations to fulfil its human rights mission and to carry out its tasks in Yemen, by putting more pressure on the Saudi-led coalition to release all detained oil vessels and to ensure that they are not detained in the future..

The statement reiterated the demand for lifting the embargo on Sanaa International Airport and Ras Issa facilities, and for protecting the Yemeni Petroleum company, its facilities, stations and its agents from targeting by the enemy.