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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% ...

Fuel has been prevented from entering the country since the beginning of the year, not to mention the deficit carried over from last year. >> reporter: battered by six years of war and a crippling u.s.-backed blockade, yemen has been devastated by this mounting fuel crisis. a cnn investigation earlier this month revealed the saudi warships 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 houthis who control the territory where the vast majority of yemenese live. we witnessed firsthand t...

Again to get aid to millions of starving i can't mainy people. nima elbagir has more. >> reporter: this is the first vessel that has been permitted to dock at the hodeidah port in yemen for months. one of four fuel tankers recently cleared to dock at the red seaport carrying a vital resource turned pawn in a years' long civil war. but local officials warn that this arrival won't be enough to meet demand. >> translator: the lives of 26 million yemeni citizens are in danger over the coming days. the current situation in yemen is extremely dangerous because fuel has been prevented from entering t...

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 ...

And the longer this ship is stuck here, the more disruption there will be to global trade. a vast trafficjam continues to build, with more than 300 ships stuck on either side of the vessel, which is holding up £7 billion worth of goods each day. strong wind had been given as the reason for the grounding of the ever given, but today officials suggested other factors could have been to blame. translation: there could be a lot of mistakes but we can'tl say what they are now. the only mistake we can be sure of now is the wind and the sandstorm. this is not the main one, like i said, but the rest ...