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The UN Development Program, in an usual move, said it signed a contract to purchase a crude carrier from major tanker company Euronav that will head to Yemen to remove the oil from the beleaguered FSO Safer.

The UN outlined that the replacement vessel is expected to arrive in early May.

The UN has purchased a large vessel to remove oil from a decaying tanker on the coast of Yemen, in order to prevent a major oil spill. The abandoned FSO Safer tanker had been moored off the coast for ...

Long-sought operation to avert spill that could decimate Red Sea coastal communities and marine life follows deal with Iran-backed Houthi rebels, drawn-out fundraising campaign

The replacement vessel is now in drydock for modifications and regular maintenance before sailing to the FSO Safer, moored about nine kilometers off Yemen’s Ras Isa peninsula.

Feb 28, 2023 - Yemen, March 2023 Monthly Forecast : Security Council Report

The rising cost of international shipping has temporarily torpedoed a United Nations mission to prevent a US$20-billion ecological and humanitarian disaster along the Red Sea coast.

The long-delayed salvaging of an abandoned tanker, the FSO Safer off the Yemeni coast, has been described as a humanitarian disaster waiting to happen.The rusting vessel, according to the UN, has

AL-MUKALLA: The UN has begun phase one of an emergency plan to rescue a deteriorating oil tanker near Yemen’s western city of Hodeidah after obtaining funding from donors, a UN official told Arab News, boosting hopes of defusing the country’s “ticking time bomb.” Russell Geekie, communication officer for UN Humanitarian Coordinator David Gressly, said that the UN is in

RIYADH: Saudi Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Abdulaziz M. Al-Wasil met David Gressly, UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Yemen. The pair exchanged views on efforts to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people and means to overcome challenges facing humanitarian operations in Yemen. Al-Wasil joined the diplomatic corps in 1999 and served in the