Hodeidah Port

The Port of Hodeidah is the gateway to the Sana'a ( Capital of Yemen) and surrounding  areas, and is the only major port on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. The road from Hodeidah to Sana'a is spectacular and rises up to 2,700 meters over sea level before reaching Sana'a at 2,400 meters height. Before the unification of Yemen, Hodeidah was the only port in North Yemen.

Hodeidah is today a busy port with break bulk and bulk cargoes as their main core business.

Hodeidah Terminal

Water density                : 1022 - 1025
 Max LOA                     : 200 meters
 Max draft                     : 9.75 m (32 feet)

Berths length                 : berth no. 1= 70 meters;

                                      berths no. 2 and 3 =150 meters each

                                      berths no. 4 and 5 =200 meters each

                                      berth no. 6 =195 meters

                                      berth no. 7 = 300 meters

                                      berth no. 8 = 150 meters

Discharging/Loading rate: 250/300 mt per hatch per day

Facilities equipment        : 6 shore cranes, 4 mobile cranes, 2 gantry cranes

Port Authority                : Yemen Red Sea Ports Corporation.  

Port details:

The port of Hodeidah consists of 8 berths to accommodate vessels up to a maximum draft of 32 feet ( 9.75 mtrs ) and an LOA of 200 mtrs. The port  provides 11 sheds totaling 21,000 sq.mtrs., 1 million sq.mtrs open storage and 300,000 sq.mtrs. for the container terminal. The port is equipped with 1 x 3,500 hp tug, 1 x 2500 hp tug , and 2x1,200 hp tugs for the assistance in berthing of vessels. Night time navigation is permitted. Pilotage and tug hire is compulsory. There are fresh water facilities alongside but no bunker facilities. Diesel oil bunkers can be arranged via road tankers.  Berths numbered 1 to 5 are the general cargo and bulk grain berths. These berths are equipped with 5 rails mounted shore cranes of 5 tons swl. Berths numbered 6 and 7 are the container terminal berths equipped with two rail mounted gantry cranes no 1 & 2 of maximum 40 tons spreader. Berth No. 8 - is a general cargo berth ; however, has limitations in draft forward and LOA.  

Note: the hire of shore cranes for general cargo vessels are compulsory.  Tanker berths: Yemen Petroleum Co berths - these are  dolphin berths for the discharge of clean products only. This berth is situated within the port itself and is limited to tankers of maximum 15,000 dwt and an LOA of 150 mtrs. and beam of 23 mtrs. The draft alongside the berth is dredged to 10 mtrs. However, the tanker's draft is limited to 9.75 meters for the channel.

 

• Details of Hodeidah Port

  No of berths	8 berth in total for both general cargo and containers. Total length  is 1,250 meters out of which 500 meters especially for containers (I.E. 2 berths used for containers)
  Draft	9.75 meters on low tide ( in need for dredging ).
  Canal Depth	10 meters depth with 30 Kilo meters long.
  Width of the canal	200 meters and depth 10 meters.
  Tugs	5 tugs each HP from 1,200 to 3,500.
  Mobile cranes	5 with a capacity of 5-10 MT.
  Gantry cranes	2 with a max. lift of 40 MT.
  Floating cranes	1 with a capacity of 75 MT (old & unusable).
  Electricity station	One electricity station for reefer container and cold storage inside the port.
  Container Terminal	A container terminal of 500 meters berth lengths with two gantry cranes.
  Other equipments	5 straddle carriers with a lifting capacity of 30.5 MT. 5 forklifts : (2 forklift lifting capacity 30.5MT + 1 forklift lifting capacity 40 MT+2 forklift lifting capacity 25 MT.
  Handling capacity	Approx. 13,000 teus per month