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UN vessel arrives at moored oil tanker off Yemeni coast for rescue preparation

STORY: UN vessel arrives at moored oil tanker off Yemeni coast for rescue preparation DATELINE: June 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: HODEIDAH, Yemen CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of UN and local officials at the Ras Issa port, Hodeidah 2. various of the engineering vessel 3. various of the oil tanker 4. various of the vessel sailing to the rescue site STORYLINE: A United Nations (UN) ship arrived on Tuesday at the site of the floating storage and offloading (FSO) Safer vessel, a decaying super oil tanker, off the coast of Ras Issa, Hodeidah in western Yemen. The UN office in Yemen said in a statement that the ship, an engineering vessel called "Ndeavor," had arrived from the east African country of Djibouti across the Red Sea to make the first preparations for an emergency rescue plan. The statement said the ship would start working soon to make the super oil tanker safer before the extraction process begins. Meantime, a UN employee in Yemen confirmed to Xinhua that the plan to unload oil fro

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YEMEN-HODEIDAH-DECAYING SUPER OIL TANKER-UN VESSEL-RESCUE PREPARATION

(230530) -- HODEIDAH (YEMEN), May 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Engineers hired by the United Nations stand on board of a UN ship, an engineering vessel called "Ndeavor," at Ras Issa port in Hodeidah province, Yemen, on May 30, 2023. A United Nations (UN) ship arrived on Tuesday at the site of the floating storage and offloading (FSO) Safer vessel, a decaying super oil tanker, off the coast of Ras Issa, Hodeidah in western Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)

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YEMEN-HODEIDAH-DECAYING SUPER OIL TANKER-UN VESSEL-RESCUE PREPARATION

(230530) -- HODEIDAH (YEMEN), May 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Engineers hired by the United Nations stand on board of a UN ship, an engineering vessel called "Ndeavor," at Ras Issa port in Hodeidah province, Yemen, on May 30, 2023. A United Nations (UN) ship arrived on Tuesday at the site of the floating storage and offloading (FSO) Safer vessel, a decaying super oil tanker, off the coast of Ras Issa, Hodeidah in western Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)

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YEMEN-HODEIDAH-DECAYING SUPER OIL TANKER-UN VESSEL-RESCUE PREPARATION

(230530) -- HODEIDAH (YEMEN), May 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker fastens a United Nations ship, an engineering vessel called "Ndeavor," as it arrives at the site of the FSO Safer vessel at Ras Issa port in Hodeidah province, Yemen, on May 30, 2023. A United Nations (UN) ship arrived on Tuesday at the site of the floating storage and offloading (FSO) Safer vessel, a decaying super oil tanker, off the coast of Ras Issa, Hodeidah in western Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)

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YEMEN-HODEIDAH-DECAYING SUPER OIL TANKER-UN VESSEL-RESCUE PREPARATION

(230530) -- HODEIDAH (YEMEN), May 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A United Nations ship, an engineering vessel called "Ndeavor," arrives at the site of the FSO Safer vessel at Ras Issa port in Hodeidah province, Yemen, on May 30, 2023. A United Nations (UN) ship arrived on Tuesday at the site of the floating storage and offloading (FSO) Safer vessel, a decaying super oil tanker, off the coast of Ras Issa, Hodeidah in western Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)

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YEMEN-HODEIDAH-DECAYING SUPER OIL TANKER-UN VESSEL-RESCUE PREPARATION

(230530) -- HODEIDAH (YEMEN), May 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A United Nations ship, an engineering vessel called "Ndeavor," arrives at the site of the FSO Safer vessel at Ras Issa port in Hodeidah province, Yemen, on May 30, 2023. A United Nations (UN) ship arrived on Tuesday at the site of the floating storage and offloading (FSO) Safer vessel, a decaying super oil tanker, off the coast of Ras Issa, Hodeidah in western Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)