An abandoned oil tanker lying off Yemen’s coast with 1.1 million barrels of crude on board is deteriorating badly and could rupture at any time, with disastrous results for Red Sea marine life, UN and other experts warn.The 45-year-old FSO Safer is anchored off the port of Hodeida under the control of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have blocked United Nations efforts to send a team of experts to assess its condition.Effectively a floating storage platform, it has had virtually no…
from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3092823/ticking-time-bomb-warning-decaying-tanker-yemen-loaded-11
Sunday, July 12, 2020
‘Ticking time bomb’ warning for decaying tanker off Yemen, loaded with 1.1 million barrels of crude oil
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