UN has bought a ship to remove oil and avoid a potentially catastrophic spill from a tanker decaying for years off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen, officials say
Safer contains 1.1 million barrels of oil — four times as much as that spilled in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, one of the world's worst ecological catastrophes.
Steiner said the vessel would sail within the next month after routine maintenance under way in China. UN officials have voiced fears that the ship would crumble, unleashing an oil spill that would severely impair foreign aid and cost some $20 billion to clean up. Yemen has been wracked by a devastating war since 2014 that has set off one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.The United Nations had been searching for years for a solution and appealed for a ship donation or a lease.
"The fact that we have gotten to this step is already bringing a sense of relief here in Yemen," he said.
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