A decaying oil tanker posed a 'catastrophic' risk. Now, a major operation is underway to avert disaster

A decaying oil tanker posed a 'catastrophic' risk. Now, a major operation is underway to avert disaster

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A view of decaying FSO Safer oil tanker anchored 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of the port of Hudaydah, Yemen on July 15, 2023. The UN has begun a 19-day operation to extract oil from a 47-year-old decaying supertanker as it seeks to end a race against time to avoid a catastrophic oil spill. The…

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