Key port information can also be found at:

Website of the Maritime Database on the Port of Hodeidah

Port Overview

Hodeidah is the fourth largest city in Yemen, with a population of 400,000 people, and is the centre of Al Hudaydah Governorate
Situated on the Red Sea, it is an important port, exporting coffee, cotton, dates and hides
Hodeidah city centre is 4kms from the port, and is in the centre of the northern governorates. It is connected by a transport network with the major cities
Hodeidah city has all the commercial facilities of communications, banks, hotels and hospitals etc.

Port website: Website of the Port of Hodeidah

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Services and facilities include:

• Slipway for maintaining the floating marine cranes and includes a maintenance workshop.
• Maintenance workshop next to container terminal for maintaining all equipment of the terminal such as straddle carriers, fork lifts and trailers.
• Complete technical workshop to supply all maintenance works of other equipment and machineries.
• Power station provided by six generators with a total production capacity of 9.7MW.
• Fire fighting center – 5 fire engines working 24 hours and serve the city and suburbs
• Medical center provided by medical equipment and local and foreign crew for receiving patients coming from sea the service of workers is 24 hours.

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Port Performance

Discharge Rates and Terminal Handling Charges

For detailed information on discharge rates, berthing equipment and specifications, handling and charges, please select the following document:

Yemen Port of Hodeiah Additional Information

Berthing Specifications

For further information on berthing specifications, please select the following document:

Yemen Port of Hodeiah Additional Information

General Cargo Handling Berths

• Berths 1 and 2 are used for discharge of bulk oils; there are petroleum and vegetable oil storage plants behind these quays, discharging through fixed pipes. These berths are also used for general cargos when there are no vessels discharging oils.
• Berths 3, 4 and 5 are most usually dedicated to general cargo.
• Berths 6, 7 and 8 are dedicated to containerized cargos.
• There are also mooring dolphins for discharge of petroleum products, a maintenance slipway and shallow water jetties for smaller boats.

For further information on General Cargo Handling Berths, please select the following document:

Yemen Port of Hodeiah Additional Information

Port Handling Equipment

For further information on Port Handling Equipment, please select the following document:

Yemen Port of Hodeiah Additional Information

Private sector equipment

According to the Red Sea Ports Corporation website; equipment belonging to the private sector within the port includes and additional:

• 62 forklifts
• 26 cranes
• 6 tractors
• 42 trailers
• Five trailer heads

Container Facilities

Image: Planned development of Hodeidah Container Terminal

Capacity of CFS: No of containers / day: 13,335 containers (paved yard).

Customs Guidance

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Terminal Information

Multipurpose Terminal

Berths 1-5 are generally considered for multipurpose cargos.

Grain and Bulk Handling

Berths 3 – 5 are usually used for discharge of bulk grain cargos as they are accessible to Al – Oudi evacuators.

Bagging - Grain Handling

Yemen Company for Flour Mills & Silos and the National Grain Silos have grain handling and bagging facilities; for details please refer to the milling capacity assessment (2.7.3 and 2.7.5).

Main Storage Terminal

For further information on the Oil Handling Terminal, please select the following document:

Yemen Port of Hodeiah Additional Information

Stevedoring

Details of stevedoring fees according to cargo types for conventional cargos can be found at Website of the Port of Hodeidah in strategic incomes.

Port Security

Key port information can also be found at: Website of the Maritime Database on Aden Port

Port Overview

The Port of Aden is situated between the promontories of Aden (Jebel Shamsan, 553 m) and Little Aden (Jebel Muzalqam, 374 m) and is protected from the NE and SW monsoons by these hills and along the northern boundary by land, enabling it to operate without restriction all year. The harbor covers an area some 8 nm east-west and 3 nm north-south.

Port website: Website of the Port of Aden

For further general information on the Port of Aden, please select the following document: Yemen Aden Port Additional Information

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• The port consists of the outer harbor, providing anchorage areas, the oil harbor at Little Aden on the west side of the harbor.
• The inner harbor to the east hosts Aden Container Terminal (ACT), Mualla port, a fishing harbor and a ship repair yard.
• The inner harbor is protected by a short breakwater at Ras Marbut, where the harbour control tower is situated.
• The Aden Gulf Terminal (AGT) at the western end of the Ma’alla Terminal is privately operated and offers stevedoring services for company cargoes and other vessels. Established by the Hayel Saeed Anam Group of companies it’s the first dry and general cargo terminal in the country able to handle Panamax size bulk carriers (80,000 MT) due to its special depth.

The Fishing Port located within the commercial port area of Aden, with a total area of 8.5 hectares hosting a variety of large buildings which include:

• a 2000 tone capacity cold storage complex
• a 100 tones/day ice maker
• a general fish handling/fish processing area
• a fishing gear manufacturing and repair area

These harbors are reached by a channel from the entrance mid-way between the promontories. The outer section of the channel has a depth of 16.0 m, whilst the channel to the inner harbor, leading north east from the bifurcation point, has a depth of 15.0 m. There is a turning area, off the ACT with a depth 15.0 m and a diameter of 700 m.

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

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Port Performance

Full details are available at: Website of the Port of Aden
Port regulations are detailed in decree 108 2009 available at: Website of the Port of Aden on Regulations

Discharge Rates and Terminal Handling Charges

Website of the Port of Aden on Tariffs

For detailed information on discharge rates, handling and charges, please select the following document:

Yemen Aden Port Additional Information

Berthing Specifications

General Cargo Handling Berths

For further information on General Cargo - Imports, please select the following document:

Yemen Aden Port Additional Information

Port Handling Equipment

Aden Container Terminal (ACT) has 4 gantry cranes on the wharf, however they collapsed during a storm in September 2009 and were damaged, and 3 are now working satisfactorily, the fourth however maybe beyond repair.

For more information on operational port cargo equipment, please select the following document:

Yemen Aden Port Additional Information

Container Facilities

The container yard covers a total area of 35 hectares, and has 3,312 x 20 foot ground slots with a current storage capacity of 5,328 ground slots or 21,312 TEU (stacked four high). •  A 97 m x 48 m CFS and multi-county consolidation shed, with office space, is located to the rear of the container yard, together with terminal offices, independent power station (14 MW), desalination plant, workshops and waste treatment plant. • The ACT operates a fleet of service, maintenance and emergency vehicles. Ma'alla Container berths • The container yard covers a total area of 7 hectares, and has 426 x 20 foot ground slots with a storage capacity of 852 TEU (two high). • A 170 m x 60 m cargo shed with offices is used as a CFS at the back of the yard.

Capacity of CFS:

1. ACT: 10,000 TEU
2. Ma'alla 852 TEU

Customs Guidance

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Terminal Information

Multipurpose Terminal

Ma'alla Multipurpose berths

Cargo ships of up to 50,000 DWT, LOA 275 m, draft 11.3 m can berth at the Inner Harbour buoy berths.
Cargo ships of up to 40,000 DWT, 190 m LOA and draft 10.7 m can berth alongside at the Ma'alla Terminal.
The area inside the boundary wall of the Ma'alla Wharf has been declared as the "Aden Free Port".
Customs inspections are carried out in a customs area at the eastern end of the Ma'alla Wharf.

Grain and Bulk Handling

Located in Ma'alla Multipurpose terminal

For bulk wheat, pneumatic suction pumps and automatic bagging plant provide the principle means of unloading ships and filling bags for direct delivery onto trucks.
Bulk cargoes may also be unloaded by grab into barges and taken to silos on the North Shore (capacity 18,000 tones) where they are unloaded by an elevator, or to the lighter quays for unloading using the automatic bagging equipment.

Bagging - Grain Handling

There are two wheat mills in Ma'alla harbor each with their respective bagging and grain handling facilities, full details are in the milling capacity assessment (2.7.1 and 2.7.2).

Main Storage Terminal

A large number of cargo storage sheds are available at the Ma'alla Terminal, including two 170 m x 60 m cargo sheds and the CFS.
The Ma'alla Terminal provides 10 hectares of open storage area.

Storage Facilities

A large number (approximately 14) of general (old) cargo storage sheds are available at the Ma'alla Terminal, although many are in a state of disrepair, they can be used for lighter age, transit or customs operations.

Details of the total floor space for these sheds in particular was not available but would be incorporated into the totals below.

• An additional two (new) 170m x 60m cargo sheds at the back of the yard are in good condition.
• Mulla customs are close to the berths and officials will inspect goods on the berth itself during unloading.

ACT

• A 97 m x 48 m CFS and multi-county consolidation shed, with office space, is located to the rear of the container yard,
• ACT customs have an open compound 2.5 KM from the berths and goods are transported from berth to customs incurring addition ground handling costs.

For further information on storage facilities, the main silo terminal and the oil terminal, please select the following document:

Yemen Aden Port Additional Information

Port Security

The Coast Guard - Gulf of Aden Sector, owns and operate fast, unique and advanced high-tech patrol boats, sophisticated weapons and a military base.
The main responsibilities of the Coast Guard is to secure the sea ports , its facilities and approaches to channels from threats and to provide assistance to various vessels .

Key port information can also be found at: Website of the Maritime Database on Mokha Port

Port Overview

Mokha is considered to be one of the oldest sea ports, not only in Yemen but across the Arabian peninsula and gulf.
Yemen often receives the majority of its spices, incense and fabric imports from East Asia and livestock imports from the horn of Africa through Mokha.
It's strategically located about 3 nautical miles from international shipping routes and provides good access to central and southern Yemen.
Marine charges as the same as Hodeidah port marine charges (please see section 2.1.1 for details).

Area

The port encloses an area of 520,000 m2 with an additional 1399,393 m2 allocated as a seaport zone.
Navigation and Maneuvering
There is a 2 Km long navigation channel providing access to Mokha port.
The channel is 110 m wide with drafts between 7.2 and 7.8 m and is illuminated by solar powered buoys.
The port has a maneuvering dock with a 420m diameter.

Planned Developments

• Construction of a 200m berth with 10m draft.
• Additional surfaced storage yard – 8000m2.
• Additional yard for storage of transit goods – 297,598 m2.

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Port Performance

Berthing Specifications

Maximum allowable vessel limitations are as follows; draft at anchorage is 8.0 m, 'loading weight' is 1500 MT and LOA is 175 m.

Port Handling Equipment

Additional Port Facilities

Two mobile cranes, 25 – 30 MT lifting capacity.

Marine launch for piloting and towing services.

Dedicated power supply for port facilities.

Six barns for livestock quarantine.

Fire fighting vehicle.

Available Services

Towing services

Pilotage services

Bunkering services (fuel and water).

Vessel supplies, foodstuffs etc.

Loading and discharge of cargo – using ports handling equipment.

Storage of cargo in port warehouses and yards.

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Terminal Information

Main Storage Terminal

· Four warehouses with a total floor space of 12,000 m².

· Surfaced (asphalt / concrete) storage yards totaling 25,000 m².

· Un-surfaced storage area totaling 28,000 m².

Key port information can also be found at: Website of the Maritime Database on the Port of Saleef

Port Overview

The port of Saleef is situated within Kamaran Bay 50 kms north of Hodeidah towards the Saudi Arabian border.

• This port is well protected by Kamaran Island providing safe anchorage of 30 meters depth, with a natural deep-water port accepting vessels up to 13 meters draft.
• Maximum allowable vessel limitations are as follows; draft at anchorage is 13.0 m, 'loading weight' is 5500 MT and LOA is 220 m.
• Saliff ports primary activity is for the reception of bulk grain vessel discharging into silos at this port.
• Saliff Port also hosts a salt berth which consists of a dolphin berth arrangement with an alongside draft of 13 meters. This berth is designed for the loading of Rock Salt (Gypsum) in bulk which is locally quarried.
• Plans for the construction of an additional 250 meters of quayside are in place; however a start date for the works was not clarified.
• Marine charges as the same as Hodeidah port marine charges

Port website: Website of the Port of Saleef

For further information on the port activity, please select the following document:

Yemen Port of Saleef Additional Information

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Port Performance

Saliff Port Silos

• Two privately owned silos are situated inside the port; Fahim Company Silos and Al Habari Company Silo.
• Milling facilities are not available and wheat is usually transported to Mills located in the vicinity of Hodeida.

Fahim Company Silo

• Fahim Company Silos have a vacuvator and 12 mobile bagging machines and can reportedly bag around 70-80,000 50kg bags per 24 hours .

Al Habari Company Silo

• Al Habari Company has a vacuvator and four mobile bagging machines which can bag around 35-40,000 bags per 24 hours (unconfirmed).

Yemen Economic Corporation

• The Yemen Economic Corporation (YECO), a Government controlled business, is reputedly planning to construct a third silo complex within the port with an initial capacity of 100,000 MT (10 x 10,000MT silos).
• A feasibility study is reportedly completed; however, no clear start date for the work is available.

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Berthing Specifications

Seaport Components.

• The port has a single general cargo berth of 400 meters that boasts a draft of 13.0 m.
• An auxiliary berth is used for launches and small vessels is 60 m long and has a 6.0 m draft.
• Railway for electric portal cranes which are fixed on the berths and reportedly have a lifting capacity of 5 – 10 MT. However the cranes were not operational on last inspection, hence vessels calling should be self sustaining.
• Asphalted storage yards behind the berths have an area of 18,000 m2 , prepared yards for the gypsum total 56500 m2 in area .
• There are no warehousing facilities in Saliff port

Customs Guidance

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Key port information can also be found at:

Website of the Maritime Database on the Port of Mukalla

Port Overview

Mukalla port is the main transportation gateway for Hadramout, Shabwah and Almaharah governates.
Port of Mukalla is a multi purpose port which receives, dry bulk cargo vessels, container vessels, general cargo ships, liquid cargo ships, RO/RO vessels and CRUDE/CRUISE vessels.
Activity comprises 400 vessels calling at the port of Mukalla and about 1100.000 mt.of different cargo type imported and exported anually.
Major commodities include; foodstuffs, cement, oilfield equipment and general cargo.
Mukalla is located halfway along Yemen's southern coastline, approx 270nm E of Aden.
Khalf Harbour lies 2km to the east of the town at Mukalla and to the west of Pas Kodar below Jebel Al Qara, which protects Mukalla from the NE monsoon between Oct-May.

Navigation and Maneuvering

• The port limits are on a line 2,5nm due west of Ras Marbet, thence due north to the coastline.
• The harbor entrance, between breakwaters to the south and north, has a width of 105m and a depth of 10.0m below CD. The ports turning area has a diameter of 240m.
• Pilotage is compulsory for ships over 200 GRT and is typically carried during daylight hours (night time pilotage is available on request).
• An open anchorage is used SW and W of Khalf Harbour, with depths between 10-20m, the anchorage is exposed to the SW monsoon and sea between Jun-Sep.
• Berthing is normally carried out during daylight hours, during darkness in special cases.

Port website: Website of the Port of Mufalla

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Port Performance

Berthing Specifications

Mukalla Seaport Capacity

Maximum allowable vessel limitations are as follows; draft at anchorage is 8.5 m, 'loading weight' is 10,000 MT and LOA is 145 m.

• Larger vessels can only be berthed by special arrangement with the port authorities.
• A buoy berth to the South of Khatf Harbor is available, with pipeline for fuel discharge to storage tanks ashore.
• No 1 alongside berth is a combined dry cargo/tanker berth with connections to storage tanks.
• Vessels can anchor at the road stead, 0.8 km offshore with depths of 10-20m, where unloading can be carried out by barge.
• Cargo may be handled inside Khalf Harbor, all year and worked on a 24 hour basis - if required.
• A new slipway and fishing boat Jetty are being built in the NE corner of the harbor.

Container Facilities

There are two 2 Voith Water Tractors each with 1470 kW (2000HP), based at Mukalla.

The harbour tug is capable of combating fire onboard ships; fire engines are stationed approx 3km from the port.

The harbor is regularly patrolled by the Coast Guard service which is operated by the harbor police.

Containers can be handled by ship's gear and by a shore crane (50t capacity), Mukalla port operates a 42MT Kalmar Forklift for handling containers and other cargoes.

Cargo storage facilities include 2 covered sheds with an approximate capacity of 38,000 CBM, and open yards totaling 27,000 m2 , however, typically cargo is moved by direct delivery to trucks and leaves the harbor directly.

Ballast and slop reception services are not available in Mukalla port.

Marine charges are the same as Aden port marine charges (please see section 2.1.1)

Customs Guidance

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Key port information can also be found at:

Website of the Maritime Database on the Port of Ras Isa

Port Overview

• This terminal consists of a 409,000 DWT Floating Storage and Offloading Vessel (FSO) which is permanently moored 4.8 nautical miles offshore Ras Isa.
• The FSO has a length of 57metres,a 35 meters width, 18.3 meters depth with a 405000 Tons capacity.
• Tugs and pilotage are available for assisting in the marine operations.
• There are no bunker/fresh water or provisioning facilities at this terminal.
• The terminal operates 24 hours throughout the year, weather permitting.
• Ras Isa Oil Terminal is operated by Yemen Hunt Oil Company on behalf of Yemen Exploration & Production Company.
• This terminal is used for the export of Marib Light crude from the oil wells in Mareb.
• Marib-Ras Isa Pipeline runs between the Marib fields and the deep sea port of Ras Isa on the Red Sea.

Port website: Website of the Port of Ras Isa

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

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Customs Guidance

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Key port information can also be found at: Website of the Maritime Database on the Port of Nishtun

Port Overview

• Nishtun is a natural coastal harbor of very small size affording fair shelter from tides and swells.
• Vessels are compelled to provide port authorities of ETA information prior to arrival (contact details above).
• There is an anchorage depth of 9.4 – 10.7 meters.
• The cargo pier which cannot accommodate vessels exceeding 500' and has a draft of 3.4 – 4.6 meters.
• Nishtun has shore cranes in place which cannot lift over 24.0 MT.
• Fresh water and re-fueling facilities are available.
• Marine charges as the same as Aden port marine charges (please see section 2.1)

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

4.4 Yemen Port and Waterways Company Contact List

Customs Guidance

1.3 Yemen Customs Information