ER Alerts

Yemen: Escalation in security situation with fighting between Houthi & Gov forces. Attacks on Aden (ADE) airport have resulted in disruption to Air Yemenia (IY) flights. Flights cancelled on 07 Oct and some on 08 Oct also. Some impacts on…

Hodeidah Port:  Limited access to HOD port. No plug in facility for reefers.  Container contents need to shift directly to cold chain truck

Yemen Access Update:  Aden Port is operational & both NVOCC and main liner service.   Hodeidah Port is very limited, mostly only local/regional NVOCC operating on very high risk basis.  Recent Houthi coastline gains are expected to impact shipping in Bab…

Yemen Access Update:   Air access:   ADE/Aden is operational.  Charter flights require EHOC/deconfliction approval & route via JIB.  Commercial flights are narrowbody ONLY with national carrier IY via Amman/Cairo/Jeddah mostly.   SAH/Sanaa is de facto not operational due security. No flights are…

Hodeidah Port can be reached with sailings from Jebel Ali and Djibouti. Both reefer and general cargo containers.   ACD is required for Yemen destination containers.

Per reports Houthi rebels have signalled their intention to halt attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. Many carriers still bypass Red Sea. The return of increased routes via Red Sea / Suez canal will be very welcome for shippers…

Yemen Access: Hodeidah Port is operational but all main line steamship lines are prohibited.  Only smaller vessel operators via Djibouti and Jizan port.   There is overland access routings via Salalah Port for Sanaa and also via Aden Port for Sanaa,…

Red Sea passage still remains perilous. Houthi rebels have attacked 2 ships this past week, and IDF air raids on Hodeidah port and surrounding areas. Smaller liner & bulk vessels are still using the route. However conditions are still not…

Hodeidah Port Yemen remains de-facto closed due to security. Possible to send ocean freight via Salalah Port, Oman and then truck into Sanaa/Hodeidah (N.Yemen). However NGO partners need to be registered in both South side and North Side Yemen with…

Tensions in Hodeidah and Red Sea remain high. Several western steam ship lines have released advisories stating they cannot operate into Hodeidah port. Steam ship lines calling into Aden and it is possible to transfer containers to regular vehicles/temp control…

Increasing tensions in Yemen have led some Western steamship lines to halt operations to Hodeidah & Aden ports.  After airstrikes on Sanaa resulted in damage to Air Yemenia fleets, there have also been announcements from Kenyan cargo airlines about temporary…

Houthi rebels in Yemen announced that they will ban US flagged vessels from navigating Southern Red Sea in response to US airstrikes on Yemen. This may have impact on other Western flagged vessels wanting to operate in the Red Sea…

Hodeidah Port can be reached by ocean freight, but reefer services are very limited due to nil reefer plug in points. Consignees would need to direct retrieve from port on arrival. Yemen ACD requirements for all ocean freight shipping to…

For ACD into Yemen,  documents required incl commercial invoice, Packing list, coo and Bill of lading…..The consignee must have valid commercial license and Tax ID……Currency must if euro or USD…….Processing time 5-7 days………If required from forwarder/agent processing then required additional…

As of February 1st an Advance Cargo Declaration (ACD) is mandatory for all sea freight shipments into Yemen regardless whether it will be final destination YE or not.  This is similar to the ACID declaration regime followed by Egypt. The…

Aden Sea Port fully operational and SSLs are calling. Aden & Seiyunn airport also operational.  Overland access between Aden & Sanaa is possible however two customs clearance formality processes are required , firstly in Aden and secondly in Sanaa, North…

Air freight access via Egypt and Jordan using Yemeni national carrier. Cairo & Amman are two main trans-shipment points. Most capacity is on narrowbody so weight/piece limitations apply.  Yemenia have introduced additional security & miscellaneous surcharges on sector ex CAI-ADE. …

Yemen Air capacity continues to be critically reduced. Only IY/Air  Yemenia services ADE and SAH on regular commercial basis, often with Narrowbody aircraft only & often capacity restricted.  GXF-Seyoun is also served with NB a/c but is reported to have…

Medicine shipments by air to Aden & Sanaa have two main routings via Cairo & Amman, and we can facilitate trans-shipments via both.  CAI & AMM have cold chain facilities but IY airline does not offer a temperature control product…

Air Access to Aden(ADE) & Sanaa (SAH) remains very limited for air freight.   ADE is served by Air Yemenia flights but only by narrowbody via Cairo/Amman/Jeddah. Max 2-3 landings per day. Charters are possible . SAH is only served by…