Yemen to set up two ports to export minerals

MAHARA, Sep. 06 (Saba) - Yemen has
planned to set up two seaports to export minerals in the eastern province of Mahara,
allocating
20.6 million square kilometers for the ports, the News Yemen reported on Sunday.

Navigation institutions and passages and terminals would be established at the areas
of
Qashen and Khelfoot. Owing to the desire of companies to export large quantities of
minerals, largely available in the Qashen area, the ministry of Transport and the
Arabian
Sea Port Corporation have located sites for the ports, conducting studies on them
and finalizing procedures for their construction. The Qashen port is known for ship
docking
and is to be developed now, while the other port will be new. Yemen pins hope on its
coast in the Arabian Sea to be a business point. FR