Governmental warnings and Houthi threats against shipping companies
English - Monday 27 February 2023 الساعة 04:55 pm
Hodeidah, NewsYemen:
The internationally recognized government of legitimacy has warned shipping companies against diverting their ships towards the port of Hodeidah, which is under the control of the terrorist Houthi militia, Iran's arm in Yemen and it confirmed, through the words of its president, Dr. Maeen Abdulmalik, and the Minister of Transport, Abdulsalam Hamid, that punitive measures will be taken, such as revoking licenses or blacklisting shipping companies that respond to the Houthi militia.
These warnings came from the legitimate government after threats made by the Houthi militia to merchants and importers to prevent the entry of their goods, which are imported through the port of Aden, to their areas of control, which it has already begun to implement on the ground through the customs ports that it established years ago and used recently to take pledges from merchants to transfer their goods towards the port of Hodeidah.
This conflict between the government and the militias began after rumors circulated about shipping companies diverting cargo ships towards the port of Hodeidah in response to the facilities that the militias claimed they would provide in light of the low price of the customs dollar set at 250 riyals, compared to 750 riyals in the port of Aden, which is under the control of the legitimate government.
The militia flies said at the time that diverting the ships' route came within the framework of the understandings of the consultations currently taking place in the Omani capital, Muscat, under regional and international auspices, to reach an agreement that restores the humanitarian armistice and paves the way for political consultations to end the war.
However, the Ministries of Transport and Industry and Trade in the legitimate government denied the existence of any change in the movement of ships heading to Yemeni ports, including the port of Hodeidah, which is under the control of the Houthi militia.
Observers believe that this conflict would negatively affect navigation and create an economic and food crisis that threatens citizens.
Journalist Bassim Al-Janani says: The factories started to stop and the shipping companies are between the anvil of legitimacy and the hammer of Houthi, where everyone threatens and vows.
He added, in a post on his Twitter account, "Al-Houthi prevented the import of raw materials and goods through the port of Aden, directed the shipping companies to import through the port of Hodeidah and Sana'a airport, and prevented hundreds of tugboats at the land ports from entering the areas of his control except after the importers make a pledge to do so.
For its part, the legitimate government addressed the shipping companies, threatening to cancel the permits if their ships were transferred to the port of Hodeidah.
He pointed out that the month of Ramadan is around the corner, and it seems that we are facing a crisis that will cause the citizen to suffer more.
