of yemen s needs, and now in the first quarter of 2021, we are receiving only 8% of what yemen would need under normal conditions. reporter: cnn has now independently verified that three of the four tankers that have been allowed to berth at hodeidah are carrying fuel and gas intended for a small number of private companies. the thuraya is the only ship carrying fuel for the public sector, but its supply accounts for what the public sector would use in less than ten days. translator: of the four ships that have been released, only thuraya is for public consumption. but it only covers 8% of the country s needs for the first quarter of 2021. reporter: that s barely enough to cover the needs of the country s health care sector, which is already facing the threat of near total collapse. there are more vessels still waiting for approval to enter this port. it s unclear if or when these
the early hours monday, adding momentum and jubilation to a nearly week-long effort. then trepidation as winds and currents swung the ship back slightly across the canal, finally coming unstuck not long after. the head of the suez canal authority welcomed the developments. translator: thank you. i say congratulations to egypt as we accomplished this mission successfully and in a short period. i thank you. reporter: a beast the size of a skyscraper the 400 meter long ship jammed one of the world s busiest waterways, stranding billions of dollars of cargo on more than 300 ships, including livestock, oil and even ikea furniture costing egypt $14 million every day in lost transit fees alone. dozens of vessels ended up diverting to the cape of good
fuel crisis. a cnn investigation earlier this month revealed that saudi war ships had been preventing oil tankers from docking at the port, including vessels approved by a u.n. clearance mechanism. as part of the saudis ongoing war against iran backed houthis who control the territory where the vast majority of yemenis live. reporter: we witnessed firsthand the impact on hospitals across the country, struggling to keep their generators going. translator: the amount of fuel released to the country in 2020 doesn t even represent 45% of yemen s needs and now in the first quarter of 2021 we are receiving only 8% of what yemen would need under normal conditions. reporter: cnn has independently verified three of
nationwide. raf sanchez has the latest from the region. reporter: geoff, a little progress. rescue crews say they managed to move it about 30 yards earlier. that s something but it s not enough. remember we re dealing here with a vessel nearly the length of the empire state building. a dozen tugs are going to try to push and pull the ever given. they re going to use the high tide to try to get the ship going again. egypt s president has already ordered a fallback plan. that plan, to remove some of the 20,000 containers off the deck of the ever given, making the ship a little lighter and easier to move. but this is a complicated and potentially dangerous maneuver. it would involve bringing cranes in on other ships alongside the ever given, maybe even using
crane and two tug boats heavier than these, hoping to free the ship before its precarious position gets worse. you have to start worrying about the vessel rolling, cracking. the nightmare scenario of all time is the vessel breaks apart. and that would be not weeks or days of salvage, but months. reporter: meanwhile, traffic remains at a standstill in a waterway that normally handles the equivalent of $10 billion a day in cargo. more than 320 ships are backed up in either direction. their only alternative is to divert around the southern tip of africa. and i adding about a week to the journey. extra fuel. extra seven days steaming. we re about to see it in the po pocketbook here real soon. reporter: it will also be costly for vessels waiting in place. about a dozen are carrying livestock at risk of dying if