On Sunday, a United Nations-owned super-tanker arrived for a delicate operation to pump the oil from the abandoned ship, the FSO Safer. Here are some key facts:The 47-year-old Safer, long used as a floating oil storage platform, is moored off Yemen’s western port of Hodeida in the Red Sea, a key shipping route. Earlier this month, the UN said that SMIT had declared the vessel stable enough for a ship-to-ship transfer. The Nautica, a super-tanker the UN purchased for the oil transfer, arrived from Djibouti on Sunday and was due to moor alongside the Safer. The Nautica will be renamed Yemen, and will stay in the area as talks continue about who controls the ship and the oil.

Source: Libya Today July 16, 2023 17:01 UTC