Hodeidah.. Ras Isa Port out of service after gas pipeline network collapses and ships unloading disrupted

Local sources said that the gas pipeline network and its equipment in Ras Issa port, north of Hodeidah, have been out of service for days, disrupting the unloading of ships.

According to the sources, the Houthis have recently carried out a new replacement of technical employees without experience, which caused a gas ship to slip early this month, destroying the gas network, pipes, meters and valves, and obstructing the process of unloading Iranian gas imported through the Houthi militia.

Journalist Fares Al-Hamri had quoted private sources as saying that the incident occurred days after the replacement of specialized technical employees with new employees who had no knowledge or experience in managing unloading operations, based on the directives of a Houthi supervisor named "Yasser Abdul-Ilah Al-Wahidi", who was appointed by the group as acting CEO of the Yemeni Gas Company, early this September.

According to Al-Hamri, the ship moved from its position on the dock, dragging the meters and valves with it, as a result of the winds, a defect in the installation process, and failure to rely on approved technical procedures.

More than 400 gas transport trucks have been stuck for more than a month in the port of Ras Issa in Hodeidah, unable to fill up with gas, and the Houthis have not acknowledged the collapse of the port to this day.

Ras Issa port in Al-Salif, north of Hodeidah, is currently the only place to receive fuel and gas shipments after most of the fuel tanks in Hodeidah port were put out of service in late July due to Israeli occupation raids, which passed without a Houthi response.