Aden - General Info
August 2018: It is not advisable to visit Yemen due to the current political and security situation.
Cruisers visiting here in March 2014 reported treatment by officials to be friendly and courteous. However, American cruisers visiting here in January 2015 found quite the reverse and were boarded by the aggressive military and treated with hostility.
In April 2015 Aden was reported to have fallen to Houthi rebels. All the rebel-held areas bordering the Gulf of Aden have become major targets for coalition airstrikes.
All Yemen ports should be avoided.
Position: 12° 46.57’N, 45° 02.92’E (harbor entrance)
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Comments about this port posted by cruisers on main Yemen page:
January 2015
Posted on behalf of SY Tamarisk:
We visited Aden in January 2014. The port is very hostile and we believe unsafe for cruisers due to out of control military people based there. Agent Omar (listed on noonsite) is dead and the daughter who picks up the phone is mostly clueless. See our blog http://www.tamariskrtw.com/ for more details.
April 2014
I have visited Aden in March 2014. Very friendly authorities, they ask you to anchor off near tourist port. Good holding at 7m, but be careful – there are some gas pipes on the bottom – look onshore and on tanker buoys at portside to find it. Go ashore on rib for customs and take shore pas for 3 days – all for free. They will ask some bakshish – I presented caps, it was enough.
You can fill diesel at fuel pier, ask locals to help you. We used the taxi driver, pay him 25 USD per day and he assists us to fix all problems. You can legally buy any firearms in Aden: AK-47 cost about 300USD, but you need to take permission to carry it to port – it needs 2-3 days to take it. Good and cheap provisioning in the city, friendly officials – nice port of call.