Maritime Security Unit Reports Escalating Smuggling Activity and Newly Established Logistics Pier on Ras Isa Peninsula

The Maritime Security Unit of PTOC Yemen reports escalating maritime activity linked to the Houthis along Yemen’s western coast, coinciding with the construction of a newly established coastal pier believed to be used for logistical purposes associated with smuggling operations, amid a reduced direct presence of the Yemeni Coast Guard and naval forces in parts of the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait. Information obtained by the Unit indicates a clear increase in maritime smuggling activity through a multi-directional logistical route originating from Bandar Abbas, Salalah, Bosaso, and O...