UN ship arrives at Yemen's port to transfer crude oil from abandoned tanker
SANAA, July 16 (Xinhua) -- A UN replacement ship arrived in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Sunday, in preparation to transfer crude oil from a tanker abandoned off the coast of the war-torn country since 2015, UN officials at the scene told reporters.
In the upcoming two-week first phase of the emergency rescue operation, the replacement vessel Nautica will transfer all crude from the floating supertanker Safer, before a catenary anchor leg mooring buoy will be secured to the seabed to fix the replacement ship in the second phase, according to the UN officials.