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Salvage teams are close to starting the transfer of more than one million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker anchored off Yemen after two weeks of preparatory inspections, the United Nations said
The UN has secured insurance coverage allowing it to pump more than one million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker anchored off war-torn Yemen that poses the risk of a catastrophic spillage.
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Crew from Dutch salvage company Smit were able to board the ship for the first time
The ship has been identified as 13-year old Xin Hai Tong 23
The latest blockage comes just over three years after the 400-metre long Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal after being caught out in high winds.