Lobo adds that its importance as a port was also due to the Ottoman law that required all ships entering the Red Sea to put in at Mocha and pay duty on their cargoes.
Lobo menambahkan bahwa pentingnya sebagai pelabuhan karena aturan Ottoman mewajibkan semua kapal yang memasuki Laut Merah harus bersandar di Mocha dan membayar uang kewajiban kargo ke mereka.