Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Israeli army admits 3 soldiers of rank of Staff Sergeant were killed, 2 others injured in northern Gaza.
Occupied Palestine: Palestinian media: Martyrs and injuries as a result of the Israeli occupation firing on displaced people while they were waiting for aid west of Rafah.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in occupied Palestine: 3 martyrs, including a child, as a result of Israeli occupation forces bombing displaced persons' tents in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
Israeli media: Yedioth Ahronoth: Concern in "Israel" over changes within the US administration in recent days.
Al-Qassam Brigades says its fighters are engaging in fierce clashes with the occupation forces, killing and wounding soldiers east of Jabalia camp.
Israeli media platforms are circulating preliminary reports about a multi-causalty ambush in Jabalia camp, Gaza.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: 35 martyrs, 75 injured in occupation targeting of civilians seeking food aid in Rafah, Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
Da Silva: What is happening in Gaza is not a war, it is a genocide
Da Silva: Even the Jewish people do not want this war; it is revenge by a government against the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state
Brazilian President Lula da Silva: What we are seeing is not a war between two armies. [What we have is a] completely professional army that is killing women and children in the Gaza Strip.

Unloading oil from Yemen's Safer tanker in final stages: UN

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Al Mayadeen
  • 6 Aug 2023 12:09
2 Min Read

The United Nations successfully unloaded 71% of the oil aboard the decaying Safer tanker into a replacement ship.

  • x
  • Safer tanker is seen on Monday, June 12, 2023, off the coast of Yemen. Safer has posed an environmental threat since 2015, as it decayed and threatened to spill its contents of 1.14 million barrels into the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.
    Safer tanker is seen off the coast of Yemen  on Monday, June 12, 2023 (AP)

The United Nations announced today that the process of transferring oil from the decaying Safer tanker is in its final stages with more than 70% of the oil being unloaded to the replacement ship. 

"Today, 71% of the Safer tanker's oil (824,179 barrels) has been transported," said Achim Steiner, director of the United Nations Development Programme.

"With every barrel of oil pumped off the Safer tanker, Yemeni fishermen and communities' future is more secure," he added. 

The UN operation to avert an environmental disaster of oil leakage into the sea is in its final stages, the official concluded.

Related News

EU spent more on Russian oil, gas than Ukraine aid, report finds

Venezuela's future to be increasingly linked to India: Maduro

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

Back in mid-July, the Nautica, a UN-owned ship, arrived off the coast Yemen to pump more than a million barrels of oil from the FSO Safer, a Yemeni tanker, to prevent an oil spill. 

The United Nations purchased 1.14 million barrels of oil to avert an environmental disaster. 

The Safer was decaying and maintenance operations were halted in 2015 amid the war on Yemen and obstructions caused by the blockade; the UNDP has warned for years that a catastrophe might "explode at any time."

Read more: UN hands Yemen vessel to transfer oil from FSO Safer tanker

  • Oil
  • Yemen
  • Red Sea

Most Read

Lebanon's PM Nawaf Salam meets with US envoy Morgan Ortagus in Beirut on April 5, 2025 (Dalati Nohra via AP)AP)

Morgan Ortagus to exit US role in Lebanon amid policy shift

  • Politics
  • 1 Jun 2025
An Israeli army vehicle moves in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern occupied Palestine, Thursday, May 29, 2025 (AP)

Hamas rejects Witkoff ceasefire plan, says alters terms

  • Politics
  • 29 May 2025
Spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announces a new operation against Ben Gurion Airport on May 29, 2025 (Yemeni Military Media)

Yemen announces successful hypersonic missile strike on Ben Gurion

  • Politics
  • 30 May 2025
It may well be due to the longstanding relationship between MI6 and HTS, via Inter Mediate, that Britain was the first Western country to recognise their assumption of government in Syria. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab El-Hajj)

How MI6 helped HTS seize Syria

  • Opinion
  • 31 May 2025

Coverage

All
War on Gaza

Read Next

All
Army commanders tour the operations sectors of the Iraqi army Seventh Brigade, in Anbar, Iraq, Sunday, December 29, 2019 (AP)
Politics

Kataib Hezbollah warns US forces against postponing Iraq withdrawal

(@rafaelmgrossi)
Politics

Egypt urges 'Israel' to join NPT, citing regional nuclear imbalance

AP
Politics

US deal proposal allows Iran to enrich Uranium to Low-Level: Reports

screengrab
Politics

Former Biden spox. Matthew Miller says 'Israel' committed war crimes

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS