A government committee in Hadhramaut Governorate, southeastern Yemen, on Tuesday began investigating the circumstances of the burning of a small cargo ship that was anchored in the port of Mukalla on Monday morning.

According to a source in the port of Mukalla, the committee is composed of specialists from the Red Sea Ports Corporation, the General Authority for Maritime Affairs and Civil Defense, and other security agencies. The committee began collecting information about the ship "Sultan Madina", which was anchored at Berth No. 3 designated for wooden ships in the port of Mukalla.

The source explained that the port was not damaged by the incident and that movement returned to normal after the burning ship was towed to land at the moment of its burning. Pointing out that the committee will, in the coming days, submit a detailed report on the causes and circumstances of the burning incident and hand it over to the competent government authorities.

According to a statement issued by the Arabian Sea Ports Corporation published on the corporation’s Facebook page: The wooden cargo ship “Sultan Medina” was leaving the port of Mukalla for Socotra Governorate, loaded with 230 tons of various goods and four cars, before it crashed. Fire at eight o'clock in the morning.

The statement explained that the corporation’s leadership directed the port to be evacuated of all existing ships in order to protect them from damage, in addition to pulling the burning ship out of the port, in anticipation of its sinking in the dock after quantities of water entered it, and out of concern for securing individuals and facilities in the port from the explosion of flammable materials. On board the ship.