Al-Twal border port:
This port is located on the Yemeni-Saudi border in the northwest of Hajjah governorate and is called the port of al-Tawal (Haradh). Through it, passengers, cars, buses and locomotives of goods exchanged between Yemen, Saudi Arabia and sister countries are crossed through the Kingdom. It is linked to Yemeni cities through the asphalt road of Sham, which is about 200 km from the city of Hodeidah, to be linked after that to the coastline of the Republic of Yemen.
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** General specifications of the port: **
- Gates At Al-Twal port, there are two entry gates and two exit gates + building wall
- There is a special building for transactions and travel procedures and its accessories, 60 meters long and 6 meters wide. The building is surrounded by a concrete canopy, 60 meters long, 30 meters wide and 6 meters high. The building was divided into two parts, one for arrival and departure procedures.
- Staff housing building with its annexes + public bathrooms
- Collector for staff
- A small mosque for travelers
- The cooled and regular stores are 78 meters * 48 meters, without air conditioning, fans only.
Equipment and scales • Weighing scale for goods 2 meters * 2 meters on the ground
- A hangar for the X-ray inspection device for trucks and goods
Where the port is currently being equipped and expanded with green spaces, shades, and large scattered squares.
** Current activity of the port: **
- Passenger cars
- The average number of cars in regular days is 80 cars.
- The average of the cars crossing during the peak days is 400 cars.
Passenger buses
- The average number of buses on regular days is 18 buses.
- The average number of buses on peak days is 250 buses.
- Large trucks
- The average number of trucks in normal days is 140 trucks.
- The average number of trucks in peak days is 250 trucks.
- Light trucks
- The average number of trucks in normal days is 25 trucks.
- The average number of trucks in peak days is 55 trucks.
Pickup cars (Helix)
- The average number of cars in a typical day is 125 trucks.
- The average number of cars in peak days is 200 trucks.
- number of passengers
- The number of arrivals and departures on regular days is 500 passengers.
- The number of arrivals and departures on peak days is 3000 passengers
