The United Nations announced on Saturday That the unloading of 71% of the amount of crude oil in the dilapidated “Safer” tank to the alternative tanker “Al-Yemen”, since the start of the unloading operation on July 25 in Hodeidah province.
“Today 71% of the FSO Safer oil (824 179 barrels) is transferred,” Director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Achim Steiner, said on his Twitter account, adding “ UNDP is committed to work twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to protect life and livelihoods”.
He continued:” The UN operation to stop Red Sea Spill is in its final stage.
Today 71% of the #FSOSafer oil (824 179 barrels) is transferred.@UNDP’s commitment is to work 24/7 to protect life and livelihoods. W/every barrel of oil pumped off the #FSOSafer Yemeni fishermen & communities future is more assured.@UN #StopRedSeaSpill is in its final stage. pic.twitter.com/rIpuwf8ckw
— Achim Steiner (@ASteiner) August 5, 2023
The United Nations recently started the process of unloading oil from the dilapidated Safer oil reservoir off the coast of Yemen on the Red Sea coast to a new ship named “Al-Yemen”, in a process expected to take 19 days to avoid humanitarian and environmental disasters.