Yemen called on local shipping companies and chambers of commerce and navigation to quickly communicate with global navigation companies for reducing navigational duties on goods that reach to the port of Hodeidah.
During his meeting on Sunday with governor of Hodeidah province Ahmed Salem Al-Gabali and members of chambers of commerce and navigation and representatives of local shipping companies working in the port of Hodeidah, Transport Minister Khaled Ibrahim al-Wazeer said that his ministry intends to prepare a developmental 25-year strategy to develop and improve the activities of Yemeni ports.
Al-Wazeer affirmed that a private company had launched to prepare the strategy starting from the ports of Mukalla, Aden and Hodeidah.
The minister revealed his ministry's preparation to announce a tender of purchasing a new crane and fixing another in the port of Hodeidah as well as establishing a new pier at the port in order to address the bottlenecks at the containers pier of the port.
The representatives of the local shipping companies and the chambers of commerce and navigation in the province expressed troubles due to the disruption of the port's cranes.
They also showed keenness to interact with global shipping companies to uncover the causes that led to increase the prices of freighting containers which reached $ 250 for each container.
During his meeting on Sunday with governor of Hodeidah province Ahmed Salem Al-Gabali and members of chambers of commerce and navigation and representatives of local shipping companies working in the port of Hodeidah, Transport Minister Khaled Ibrahim al-Wazeer said that his ministry intends to prepare a developmental 25-year strategy to develop and improve the activities of Yemeni ports.
Al-Wazeer affirmed that a private company had launched to prepare the strategy starting from the ports of Mukalla, Aden and Hodeidah.
The minister revealed his ministry's preparation to announce a tender of purchasing a new crane and fixing another in the port of Hodeidah as well as establishing a new pier at the port in order to address the bottlenecks at the containers pier of the port.
The representatives of the local shipping companies and the chambers of commerce and navigation in the province expressed troubles due to the disruption of the port's cranes.
They also showed keenness to interact with global shipping companies to uncover the causes that led to increase the prices of freighting containers which reached $ 250 for each container.