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HODEIDA: A UN-owned ship arrived off war-torn Yemen on Sunday for a risky operation to pump more than a million...

A vessel chartered by the United Nations has set sail from Djibouti  toward Yemen to transfer oil from a deteriorating tanker that poses a major environmental and humanitarian threat.The replacem

A UN-owned ship arrived off 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. After years of tense diplomacy between the United Nations, Yemen's Houthis and the internationally recognized government, the Nautica entered Yemeni waters at midday, and was expected to moor soon alongside the FSO Safer, a rusting super-tanker in the Red Sea.

Oil from the FSO Safer will be transferred to a salvage vessel to prevent a damaging Red Sea spill.

The UN-led project to prevent an explosion and oil spill from the decaying tanker moored offshore Yemen is set to start this week.

The United Nations on Monday handed over a vessel that will take on board oil from a decaying tanker in the Red Sea, an operation aimed at averting an environmental catastrophe. In the coming days, an operation is expected to begin pumping 1.14 million barrels of crude oil to the Nautica from the FSO Safer, a rusting 47-year-old ship that the UN describes as a "ticking time bomb".

STS operation to remove million barrel cargo starts next week

The United Nations announced that the transfer of petroleum from a decaying vessel off Yemen is expected to begin this week in order to prevent a potential Red Sea spill.

The United Nations on Monday handed over a vessel that will take on board oil from a decaying tanker in the Red Sea off war-torn Yemen, an operation aimed at averting an environmental catastrophe.

The United Nations is marking another key step in its efforts to remove the estimated one million barrels of oil from the FSO Safer off Yemen. The UN...