Transport Minister calls on UN to investigate sinking of container ship off Jizan

Transport Minister Abdulwahab Al-Durra called on the UN to urgently and jointly investigate the issue of the burning and sinking of the TSSpearl container ship off the coast of Jizan in the Red Sea.

Minister Al-Durra was surprised that the United Nations had ignored and disregarded the incident of the vessel, which the Saudi-led Aggression Coalition had refused to help and work to save it during the fire, which lasted nine days, it sank with containers of food and medicines to the Yemeni people.

He explained during his meeting on Monday, with the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the capital Sana’a Hassan Al-Kabus, his deputy Mohamed Salah, members of the Chamber and a number of affected traders, Saudi Arabia forces all vessels entering Yemen’s ports under the control of the coalition go first to the port of Jeddah or Djibouti for inspection before being allowed to leave after long days of detention.

The Minister of Transport demanded that global shipping company line vessels enter Yemen’s ports directly without being converted into vessels and intermediate lines such as those that have been burned and drowned in order to prevent such accidents and additional expenses that are reflected in goods and are borne by the citizen.

He affirmed that the coalition of aggression continued to pirate against ships in the light of the silence of the United Nations, considering this to be in contravention of all international laws, covenants and conventions.

Demand that the concerned authorities be quickly pressured to compensate traders affected by the sinking of the container ship and allow all vessels to enter the port of Hodeida implementation of the Stockholm Convention.

The head of the Secretariat’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry quickly demanded compensation for the owners of container goods carried by the container ship which sank off the coast of Jizan.

For his part, the Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce noted the suffering of Yemeni traders when shipping vessels to the port of Aden and the high costs they incur.

The meeting stressed the need to continue meetings and follow up the committee charged with redressing those affected by the incident, in addition to arranging a joint press conference communicate with all relevant authorities to raise their grievances to local and international public opinion.