Nautica vessel off the coast of Hodeida./© AFP
Tue - 18 Jul 2023 - 01:19 AM ،،،
The United Nations on Monday handed over a vessel that will take on board oil from a decaying tanker FSO Safer in the Red Sea off war-torn Yemen, an operation aimed at averting an environmental catastrophe.
A UN-owned ship arrived off war-torn Yemen on Sunday for a risky operation to pump more than a million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker and prevent a catastrophic spill.
The Safer was constructed as a supertanker in 1976 and converted later into a floating storage and offloading facility for oil.
