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Super tanker anchored off Yemen coast is likely to sink or explode at any moment, UN says

A super tanker anchored off the coast of Yemen and containing more than a million barrels of oil is “likely to sink or explode at any moment”, unleashing an environmental and humanitarian disaster, a United Nations official has told Sky News.

The FSO Safer was all but abandoned in 2015 as Yemen descended into civil war and now the ship is starting to fall apart.

UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen David Gressly said: “We don’t want the Red Sea to become the Black Sea, that’s what’s going to happen.

“It’s an ancient vessel, a 1976 super tanker from that era, and therefore is not only old but unmaintained and likely to sink or explode at any moment.”

Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/super-tanker-anchored-off-coast-of-yemen-is-likely-to-sink-or-explode-at-any-moment-un-says-12841780

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