Eilat Port activity has declined by 85% since the start of Yemeni operations in the Red Sea

Published on December 21, 2023

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The director of the port of Eilat, south of occupied Palestine, spoke to Reuters about the repercussions of the military operations of the Yemeni forces against ships in the Red Sea heading towards the ports of the Israeli entity.

The port director admitted – in reference to the economic loss incurred by the enemy as a result of the Yemeni operations – that the port of Eilat has witnessed a decline in its activity by 85% since the beginning of the Yemeni military operations in the Red Sea.

Reuters report indicated that the port of Eilat mainly deals with imports of cars and exports of potash coming from the Dead Sea.

The report touched on the importance of the port, which makes the decline in its activity a real Israeli loss, pointing out that the port is located next to Jordan’s only coastal access point in Aqaba, thus providing the Israeli entity with “a gateway to the east without the need for navigation in the Suez Canal.

In the same context, the company’s CEO, Gideon Golber, told Reuters that without Bab al-Mandab, “we are closing the main shipping artery to the port of Eilat.” He added that if Yemeni operations in the Red Sea continue, “we will reach a situation where there are no ships in the port.”

The agency quoted Israeli officials as saying that the alternative route to the Red Sea takes shipping towards the southern tip of Africa, which increases the duration of trips across the Mediterranean by two to three weeks, which will add additional costs to shipping and goods.

It acknowledged that if the “Naval Coalition,” under the auspices of the United States, was late in “finding a solution” to the right-wing operations in the Red Sea, “Israel” would be forced to grant leave to port workers.