Mohammed Mudawi

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

  • Delicate operation to transfer 1.14 million barrels of Marib Light crude to Nautica to begin in coming days
  • Safer is carrying four times as much oil as was spilled in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster off Alaska
By AFP ·