Eilat Port reveals the extent of its losses and the latest repercussions of Yemeni operations
The Zionist Eilat Port revealed that it incurs losses estimated at around 6 to 10 million shekels per month due to the decision taken by Yemeni forces to ban ships from reaching it in support of Gaza.
Follow-ups – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:
Avi Khormaro, the president and owner of Eilat Port, stated in a letter sent to the Israeli Ministry of Transportation that the management of Eilat Port threatens to lay off between 50 and 60 employees out of a total of 120 employees if the Israeli government does not provide financial aid to the port.
Khormaro affirmed in his letter, published by the Israeli website “Calcalist,” that the port is facing its toughest conditions in Israel’s history, adding, “My partners and I, as owners of the company, bear the burden of the enormous expenses for the ongoing maintenance of the port and payment of employees’ salaries during the past eight months during which the port has stopped operating.”
Eilat Port was the main gateway for vehicles in Israel, and in 2023, 150,000 cars were unloaded at this port. However, in 2024, not a single car has been unloaded at the port’s dock.
In March of last year, the port announced its intention to lay off workers but eventually reached an agreement with Histadrut (the General Federation of Israeli Trade Unions), as Histadrut prevented the workers’ layoffs.
For nearly eight months, Yemeni forces have imposed a suffocating naval blockade on Israeli navigation in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean, and recently in the Mediterranean Sea, affirming that they will not lift this blockade unless the entity ceases its aggression and blockade on the Gaza Strip.