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United Nations, United States (AFP) April 20, 2023 - A virtual donor conference will be held on May 4 to try and fill a $29 million gap in funding needed to safely remove oil from an abandoned tanker off Yemens coast, the UN said Thursday.

International, MNA | A virtual donor conference will be held on May 4 to try and fill a $29 million gap in funding needed to safely remove oil from an abandoned tanker

The FSO Safer is carrying 1.1m barrels and has been abandoned off the coast of Yemen since war broke out in 2015

News and Press Release in English on Yemen about Disaster Management and Technological Disaster; published on 20 Apr 2023 by UN RC/HC Yemen and UNDP

News and Press Release in Arabic on Yemen about Protection and Human Rights and Technological Disaster; published on 20 Apr 2023 by UN RC/HC Yemen

LONDON: A salvage company from the Netherlands announced on Thursday it had reached an agreement with the UN to pump oil from the rusting Safer oil tanker off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen. The move was hailed as a “critical milestone” in moves to avert a possible environmental disaster, its parent company announced Thursday.

Boskalis through its SMIT Salvage subsidiary is preparing to start the next phase of the operation to defuel the decaying FSO Safer off Yemen. The Uni...

A supertanker bought by the United Nations to remove oil from a ship abandoned off war-ravaged Yemen's coast departed China on Thursday, the UN announced, calling it a "significant" step in efforts to…

The UN Development Programme has contracted the Boskalis subsidiary SMIT Salvage to transfer 1 million barrels of oil off a decaying tanker. The team’s vessel Ndeavor sets sail to the Red Sea today. Funding is urgently required.

Boskalis through its SMIT Salvage subsidiary is preparing to start the next phase of the operation to defuel the decaying FSO Safer off Yemen. The Uni...