BBCNEWS Newsday June 4, 2024 00:08:00
Of yemen to begin a delicate operation to pump more than a million barrels of oil from a rusting ship, in danger of breaking up. the fso safer has been left abandoned off the yemeni port of hodeidah for the past eight years and threatens a major environmental disaster if it disintegrates or explodes. nick quinn, who's advising on the operation, says the extreme heat is not helping: it is extremely hot out there. 40 degrees ambient temperature on the boat will be on a steel deck 15—35 c. getting really hot, really quickly. that affects the human aspect of operating on board. the last ship cov...