Logistics in Yemen: Identifying Demerits on Lack of Railways in Yemen

Abstract

This research paper is an observational study to propose an intermodal logistics in Yemen. If one asks today whether Yemen can be extended by railway lines, it is natural to answer that the geographical nature of Yemen does not allow the extension of the railway line. It is surprising that the Ottoman Empire decided more than 100 years ago to complete this project, but the fall of the empire deprived Yemenis of this Great achievement. Under the title of establishing a modern network of railways for metals, goods and passengers, in recent years, practical steps have been taken to establish a railway network in Yemen and linking it to an international network of economic feasibility studies, but the railway project in Yemen is still just studies prepared by several companies. During fieldwork and data collection, the authors has visited ministry of transportation to meet the representatives, to get the requested data of the Proposed railway project along with Yemen land transportation affairs authority, then the author visited designated area of the proposed project to meet the local authorities of each area to collect the data and discussed the main causes of the project's failure and delay along with that inspecting the security and services of the project’s designated area, although the government has conducted several studies on this project.