The Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) in Sana’a has on Friday announced that the Saudi-led coalition has detained a new fuel ship, named Pericles, and prevented it from reaching the port of Hodeidah.
The company’s spokesman, Essam al-Mutawakel, said in a tweet that “the US-Saudi-led coalition seized the Pericles, which was carrying 30,597 tons of diesel, and prevented it from reaching the port of Hodeidah, despite it having been inspected and having obtained an entry permit from the United Nations.”
لا يزال تحالف العدوان يمارس أعمال القرصنة على سفن الوقود حيث قام اليوم بإحتجاز سفينة #الديزل "بيركليس" والتي تحمل كمية 30,597طن رغم تفتيشها وحصولها على التصاريح الأممية ,وبهذا يرتفع عدد السفن المحتجزة الى 3 سفن نفطية جميعها مفتشة وحاصلة على تصاريح دخول من الأمم المتحدة . pic.twitter.com/sCrITSD0S8
— عصام المتوكل (@YPCSpokesperson) May 20, 2022
He called on the international community, humanitarian and international organisations to put pressure on the coalition to force it to abide by the UN-declared truce and to release oil derivative vessels.
