SANAA (Debriefer)--The Houthi group on Monday accused a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen of holding 12 fuel vessels off the Saudi Jizan port and preventing them from entering Hodeidah seaport.
Penalties to be paid for the delayed delivery of the fuel cargoes are four times the customs duties of the cargoes, the manager of the Sanaa-based Yemen petroleum company Ammar Al-Adhru'e said in a statement carried by Almasirah TV.
Not a single litre of fuel has entered the country since the company started rationing fuel consumption 83 days ago, he said.
11 ships are carrying 324.782 tons of diesel and benzene and one carrying mazut, he said.
All the ships have been inspected by the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism for Yemen in Djibouti and granted licences to enter Yemen, he added.
