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UN vessel arrives at site of decaying tanker off Yemen’s coast

UN vessel arrives at site of decaying tanker off Yemen’s coast

Sanaa, May 31, A UN ship arrived at the site of the decaying super oil tanker, named Safer, off the coast of Ras Issa in western Yemen. The UN office in Yemen said in a statement that the ship, an engineering vessel called "Ndeavor", had arrived from the east African country of Djibouti across the Red Sea to make the first preparations for an emergency rescue plan, reportsXinhua news agency. The statement said the ship would start working soon to make the floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel safe before the extraction process begins. Meantime, a UN employee in Yemen confirmed…
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