The Office of the Foreign Asset Management of the US Treasury announced the punishment of 3 marine transport companies and its ships - ships carrying the Saint Marino and Panama flag - on charges of transporting oil derivatives to the Houthis in Yemen.

It is noteworthy that the Houthi group in Yemen, which is one of Iran's allies in the region, is deploying missiles, drones and marine mines to attack the commercial ships in the Red Sea, which threatens the freedom of global navigation and international trade. The Houthis also greatly benefit from charging the goods through the ports they control, and they benefit in particular from the emptying of repeated oil products in Yemen, according to the German News Agency.

The Houthis control the ports of Hodeidah, Ras Issa, and the strategic community on the Red Sea, and they get millions of dollars from the activities of the ports and the confiscation of repeated oil products imported from tankers, through these ports to finance their attacks in the sea.

The group sells refined oil products that reach these ports at exorbitant prices on the Yemeni black market, according to the American administration.

The US Treasury decided to punish the companies «Zas Shipping & Terong) registered in the Marshall Islands, which facilitated the transportation of LNG using the carrier“ Tulip B z ”that raises the San Marino flag to the port of Ras Issa, which is controlled by the Houthi group, and the company“ Bagsk Shipping ”, which facilitated the transportation of petroleum gas to the port of Ras Issa using the carrier“ Maysan ” It carries the flag of Panama, and the company "Great Saxis Shipping", which facilitated the transportation of petroleum gas to the port of Ras Issa using the "White Whale" carrier, which raises the flag of Panama.