YPC: Despite UN-Sponsored Truce, US-Saudi Aggression Continues Detening Fuel Tankers

Yemen Petroleum Company confirmed that the US-Saudi aggression seized, Friday, a new diesel tanker, despite its inspection and obtaining an entry permit from the UN to the port of Hodeidah.

The official spokesman for the company, Issam Al-Mutawakil, told Saba news agency that the US-Saudi aggression is still piracy on fuel tankers, as it detained the diesel tanker “Emperis”, loaded with 30,899 tons, despite obtaining an entry permit from the United Nations.

He demanded the speedy release of the seized fuel tankers, as they will be used in health, electricity, water and means of transporting food commodities sectors .

Al-Mutawakel stressed that the continued detention of the tankers increases the suffering of citizens and increases the fines for delays resulting from piracy. He called on the United Nations, which did not put an end to piracy, either before or during the declared UN-sponsored truce, to carry out its duty to release the detained fuel tankers.

And he indicated that the number of currently seized tankers rose to two diesel tankers.

Earlier on Thursday, The Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) confirmed that the US-Saudi aggression is still practicing its policy of distillation in releasing fuel ships despite the announced truce, as the diesel ambulance ship “Harvest” was released today.

The company said in a statement, that the diesel emergency “Daytona” has been detained for 15 days, which increases the suffering of the Yemeni people and raises the delay fines resulting its piracy.

The coalition of aggression continues its piracy, detaining fuel ships, and preventing them from entering the port of Hodeidah, despite obtaining permits from UN, which aggravates the humanitarian catastrophe due to the suspension of many vital service sectors, especially hospitals, electricity, water, cargo trucks, as well as waste trucks.

Since June 2020, the aggression and its allied government have continued to prevent fuel ships from entering the port of Hodeidah, except for a few ships that entered the port with a large time difference between each ship. Most of the ships left the place where they were being held by the forces of aggression, with their full cargo, after accumulating delay fines, exceeding the price of the cargo.

A suffocating fuel crisis in all governorates is experienced under the authority of Sana’a. Most of the important vital sectors, especially the health sector, are threatened with suspension, while work has been disrupted in many productive and service sectors, which caused economic losses of millions of dollars.