Around 30 vessels carrying relief aid including fuel tankers are en route to Yemen where a humanitarian ceasefire is expected to begin in hours.
The humanitarian truce which was proposed by Saudi Arabia has been accepted by the Houthi militant group and its allies.
It will be brought into effect as from 11:00 pm and will continue for five days. It will be extended if it runs well and will be terminated immediately if Houthi militants violate it, Saudi officials said.
Officials in the western port city of Hodeida told the Yemen Post on Tuesday three fuel tankers docked at the Hodeida port in the past few days.
The aid will flow after a weeks-long blockade by the Arab countries which have been conducting airstrikes on the Houthi militants since March 26.
The blockade has been widely criticized since it has affected all imports and exports leaving the Yemeni people to face lacks of food, fuel and medicines.
In a recent press release, Human Rights Watch said the blockade has been blocking desperately needed aid to Yemen.
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s blockade of Yemen is keeping out fuel needed for the Yemeni population’s survival in violation of the laws of war, it said.
Yemen is in urgent need of fuel to power generators for hospitals overwhelmed with wounded from the fighting and to pump water to civilian residences, HRW added.
The fuel shortage has forced many hospitals, power plants, businesses and transport to shut down.