On Monday 24/12/2018 a Memo of understanding was signed to remove 3 Gantry Cranes  which were damage from the attack on Hodeida port since August 2015.

The memo was signed by Capitan/ Mohammed A. Eshaq with the Manager of the world food program in Yemen , in the presence of His Excellency the minister of Transport, General  Zakaria Yahya Al-Shami and His Excellency the minister of planning and international  cooperation to remove 3 Cranes as a first step to make space for the new Cranes , to  decrease the pressure on the Berth. this step consider to be important for the next steps in the port's work , which is the lifeline providing Yemenis people with foods and medicine.

Also worth mentioning that the Gantry Cranes is the backbone for the container terminal work , that completely stopped since the aggressions on Hodeida Port targeting the Gantry Crane on 17  August 2015.