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Safer oil salvage is ‘excellent example of international cooperation,’ Saudi envoy tells Security Council

Safer oil salvage is ‘excellent example of international cooperation,’ Saudi envoy tells Security Council

  • Ambassador Abdullah Alwasil also urged Houthis to prioritize ‘wisdom and reason and the interests of the Yemeni people over everything else’
  • America’s envoy welcomes recent release of detained UN personnel but calls on Houthis to free all of the people they are holding
By Ephrem Kossaify ·
Special How ‘a monumental catastrophe’ was averted with offloading of Safer near Yemen’s Red Sea coast photos

How ‘a monumental catastrophe’ was averted with offloading of Safer near Yemen’s Red Sea coast

By Jumana Al-Tamimi ·
Rescue mission for Yemen’s deteriorating SFO Safer tanker nears completion

Rescue mission for Yemen’s deteriorating SFO Safer tanker nears completion

By Saeed Al-Batati ·
UN: Nearly one third of oil on Red Sea FSO Safer tanker transferred

UN: Nearly one third of oil on Red Sea FSO Safer tanker transferred

By Saeed Al-Batati ·
Special How unloading of oil from FSO Safer is defusing Red Sea’s ticking ecological time bomb

How unloading of oil from FSO Safer is defusing Red Sea’s ticking ecological time bomb

By Rebecca Anne Proctor ·
Saudi Arabia welcomes start of work on stricken vessel in Red Sea

Saudi Arabia welcomes start of work on stricken vessel in Red Sea

By Arab News ·
Update The UN-owned Nautica vessel is pictured off the coast of Yemen’s western port of Hodeida on Monday. (AFP)

UN hands over ship for oil transfer from rusting Yemen tanker

By AFP ·
Ship enroute to Yemen to transfer oil from decaying Safer tanker

Ship enroute to Yemen to transfer oil from decaying Safer tanker

By Arab News ·
The 47-year-old FSO Safer has not been serviced since Yemen plunged into civil war more than eight years ago. (File/AFP)

Transfer of crude from tanker off Yemen to start next week: UN

By AFP ·
Decaying vessel FSO Safer is moored off the coast of Ras Issa, Yemen, prior to the start of an operation led by the UN video

FSO Safer saga enters endgame with launch of UN-coordinated oil-removal operation

By Ephrem Kossaify ·
UN conference seeks final funds for Yemen Safer oil tanker operation

UN conference seeks final funds for Yemen Safer oil tanker operation

By Reuters ·
UN has cash for Safer salvage but finding a replacement vessel is proving a challenge

UN has cash for Safer salvage but finding a replacement vessel is proving a challenge

By Ephrem Kossaify ·
Special UN starts emergency plan to salvage Yemen’s corroding oil tanker

UN starts emergency plan to salvage Yemen’s corroding oil tanker

By Saeed Al-Batati ·

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