Dilapidated ships off the Yemeni coast could potentially create a massive environmental disaster in the port of Aden, south of Yemen.
Local navigational sources revealed that the Yemeni businessman Ahmed Saleh Al-Eisi has 12 dilapidated ships that are about to sink off the coast of the port of Aden.
Sources warn of a catastrophe, because this would effectively close the port, hindering the entry of ships loaded with goods and foodstuffs, after the dilapidated “Athena” ship sinks off Aden’s coast.
The sources explained that the ship, Athena, is ready to sink, after the oil spill off the coast of Brega, after Yemen Oil 6 ran aground at the end of the year 2022.
The sources stated that the ships and vessels of Al-Eisi’s Al-Bahar Company have contributed to polluting the marine environment in Yemen, starting with the tanker, Champion, in Mukalla city of Hadhramaut in 2013, passing through the Gulf Dove ship in Socotra in 2019, the sinking of DIAA ship in Aden in 2021, and the Princess of the Sea in 2022, and the delinquency of Yemen Oil 6 at the end of 2022
