Navy of US-Saudi Aggression Holding 20 Ships of Oil, Food

The navy of US-Saudi aggression is holding 20 ships of oil derivatives and food with more than half a million tons, mostly gasoline and diesel, a source in Hodeidah port assured Al-masirah on Friday.

The source pointed out that among the detained ships were 7 oil derivative vessels, which had been pirated for more than a month, despite obtaining international permits to unload their cargo at the port.

The source indicated that the quantities of material seized on board the ships of oil derivatives exceed 400 thousand tons, while the ships of foodstuffs exceed 100 thousand tons.

On Thursday, the Yemen Petroleum Company spokesman said in a statement to Almasirah that “the United Nations verification and inspection mechanism takes two and three days, after that the aggression navy assumes the detention of ships.”

He stressed that the permits given by the United Nations for docking in the port of Hodeidah are not valuable and the coalition of aggression does not give them any consideration.

The Yemen Petroleum Company announced, on Thursday, that the number of shipments seized by the US-Saudi Aggression is more than 127 oil shipments during the years of aggression and the blockade imposed on Yemen, explaining that the penalties for delaying those shipments are about 60 million dollars.

During a press conference held in the capital, Sana’a, the company explained that the number of shipments that were seized amounted to more than 127 oil shipments that were held for varying periods of time, reaching a maximum of 145 days for the ship “BAHIA DAMAS” .

It confirmed that the detention of ships incurred the national economy late fines of about $ 60 million as a direct result of the blockade and preventing entry to the board of oil derivatives.

The YPC indicated that fines could have been avoided had it not been for the continued arbitrary measures of seizing oil ships offshore by the coalition of aggression.

It added that the aggression forces are still holding 16 oil ships, the duration of which was held for more than 42 days, despite the fact that all ships obtained international permits to enter the port of Hodeidah.

Meanwhile, a source in the port of Hodeidah announced on Thursday that the navy of US-Saudi aggression is holding 19 ships with half a million tons of oil and food derivatives, 80% of which contain gasoline and diesel.