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UK Ship Sunk By Houthis Leaking Oil, Could Spill Fertilizer

March 2, 2024 News Editor Comments Off on UK Ship Sunk By Houthis Leaking Oil, Could Spill Fertilizer

ADEN, Yemen, March 2, 2024 (ENS) – The UK-owned cargo ship Rubymar, attacked by Houthi militants in mid-February, finally sank in the Red Sea Friday night off the coast of Yemen in rough, stormy seas. The internationally recognized government of this small, war-wracked country warned Saturday that an “environmental catastrophe” could result if the ship’s cargo of fertilizer is lost into the sea. […]

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Leaking Oil Tanker Abandoned Off Yemen a Red Sea Risk

November 17, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Leaking Oil Tanker Abandoned Off Yemen a Red Sea Risk

NEW YORK, New York, November 17, 2020 (ENS) – Technical experts must be granted immediate access to a rusting oil supertanker threatening an environmental calamity in the Red Sea, an independent United Nations expert is demanding. Abandoned five years ago when its engine room flooded with seawater, the leaking 44-year-old tanker FSO Safer still holds 1.1 million barrels of light crude oil. […]