Since the outbreak of the new Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Yemen's Houthi rebels have launched frequent missile and drone attacks on Israel, as well as successive attacks on ships "associated with Israel" in the Red Sea, threatening this globally important shipping lane. **Radio and television reporters recently visited the port of Aden, a larger port controlled by the Yemeni army, on the eastern shore of the Red Sea.
Mazen Shahbi, reporter of the main station: We are now in the port of Aden in southern Yemen. The port has seen a significant drop in cargo traffic over the past few months, with many vessels calling at the port of Hodeidah. Many believe that with the rising tensions in the southern Red Sea, some shipping activities may return to Aden, while others hold the opposite view. They believe that as tensions escalate, Hong Kong's ** movement may tend to stagnate.
Located on the south side of the Red Sea, on the east coast of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Aden has historically been an important hub port in the Middle East, and has been a cargo transit port and ship supply port for many international freight companies.
In the past few months, since the Houthi attacks on "Associated Israel" vessels, a large number of shipping companies heading to the port of Aden have begun to reroute to other ports, or significantly increase freight and insurance costs, resulting in freight and thus prices.
At the same time, the United States announced the formation of the so-called "Red Sea Escort Alliance". Analysts point out that if the situation continues to escalate, the United States and its allies may impose blockades and embargoes on Yemeni ports, which will leave a large number of port workers unemployed, all of which Yemen, a deeply war-torn country, cannot afford.
Abdul al-Hakim, owner of a local shipping company in Aden: Since the attack, 150 to 200 percent of the cargo has been transported. The increased risk for vessels sailing on the Red Sea has also led to a 100 per cent increase in the insured value of the cargo carried on these vessels. These factors have caused the arrival of goods in Yemen*** to further push up the local price level.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Port Aden Mohammad Amdhaba: The current situation has serious implications for the countries of the surrounding region. Yemen, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Somalia have suffered greatly, and these countries already have many problems and crises in the political, economic, and military fields, and the current crisis has made the existing problems even worse.