The Republic of Yemen, at the south-west corner of the Arabian Peninsula, has traded by land and sea since ancient times. Mid-way between Europe and the Far East, Aden lies on a major world trading route through the Suez Canal. It is one of the largest natural harbours in the world with an area of about 70 km2 of sheltered water surrounded by Jebel Shamsan, Khormaksar, and the shore which extends to the hills of Little Aden. The Port of Aden consists of the Inner Harbour, the Oil Harbour serving Aden Refinery and the anchorage and approach channels of he Outer harbour.

Objectives
The port undertakes:
To its customers
To meet their needs through providing reliable and efficient services,
to plan the expansion of the port to match advances in marine and port technology,
to offer competitive pricing and effective cost control to enable the port to earn a reasonable return on its investment to finance expansion,
to use modern port and information technologies to gain competitive advantage.

• Port authority