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Now insurance has been secured, the high-risk operation to remove oil from FSO Safer could begin any day.

Yemeni official calls for int'l support to overcome economic, humanitarian risks-

The United Nations has obtained insurance coverage to commence a ship-to-ship transfer of 1.1 million barrels of crude oil from a decaying tanker situated off the war-torn coast of Yemen.

Yemeni Foreign Minister Dr. Ahmed bin Mubarak discussed on Tuesday with Resident Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs in Yemen, David Gressly, the importance of expanding the application of decentralization in humanitarian work and the permanent presence of international organizations in the Yemeni governorates. During a meeting in The Hague, the two sides reviewed the progress made in implementing the UN plan to address the issue of the Safer tanker, the floating oil storage and offloading vessel that is moored in the Red Sea north of the Yemeni city of Hodeidah.

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