Detention of Oil Tankers Considered Crime of Genocide: YPC

Yemen Petroleum Company said that direct and indirect losses in the service, industrial and production sectors due to the continued detention of oil derivative tankers exceeded $ 10 billion.

The Executive Director of the Company, Eng. Ammar Al-Adrai, stated that the maritime piracy on tankers of oil derivatives caused the suspension of over 50 percent of the operational capabilities of the service, industrial and commercial sectors, which led to great economic losses.

“The detention of oil tankers and preventing their entry is considered a crime of genocide, which is criminalized by all international legislation, charters and laws,” he added.

The company’s executive director confirmed that the aggression coalition is still holding nine oil derivative ships in Jizan, the first of which is the “Pandig Factory”, whose detention period exceeded nine months and the fines for delaying this tanker amounted to six million dollars, which exceeds the cost of the shipment.

He pointed out that the aggression coalition intends to complicit the economic crisis, raise the cost on citizens and increase their suffering, calling on the world’s free people and international organizations to stand with the Yemeni people.

Al-Adra’i also called on the United Nations to do its duty and work to stop the arbitrary practices of the countries of aggression in the continued detention of the tankers and preventing their entry to the port of Hodeidah, despite obtaining permits from them.