UN vessel sets sail to prevent oil spill from decaying tanker off Yemen's coast
STORY: UN vessel sets sail to prevent oil spill from decaying tanker off Yemen's coast
DATELINE: July 17, 2023
LENGTH: 00:03:02
LOCATION: HODEIDAH, Yemen
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT
SHOTLIST:
1. various of coast guard officers standing on a boat sailing toward the decaying supertanker Safer
2. various of the Safer
3. SOUNDBITE (English): MOHAMMED MUDAWI, UNDP Project manager
4. various of the Safer
5. various of damages on the Safer
6. various of the technical team's ship
7. various of a technician standing on the Safer
8. various of the Safer
STORYLINE:
A vessel chartered by the United Nations set sail from Djibouti on Saturday toward Yemen to transfer oil from a deteriorating tanker that poses a major environmental and humanitarian threat.
The replacement vessel, Nautica, is expected to arrive at the site of the FSO Safer supertanker on Sunday. Once it arrives, a meticulous ship-to-ship transfer operation will be initiated to extract the oil from the Safer, according to a statement from the UN Development Pro
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