The United Nations warns there could be a disastrous oil spill four times the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster if action is not taken to deal with a deteriorating oil tanker stranded off the coast of war-torn Yemen.
The United Nations has warned there could be a disastrous oil spill four times the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster near Alaska if action is not taken to deal with a deteriorating oil tanker stranded off the coast of war-torn Yemen.The Security Council expressed alarm that the Safer oil tanker could rupture, causing an environmental disasterYemen has been mired in conflict since 2014
"The Safer is carrying 1.1 million barrels of oil. That's about four times as much oil as was discharged in the Exxon Valdez disaster — a spill the world still talks about 30 years later," Mr Lowcock said. In March 1989, the Valdez ran into the well-known Bligh Reef and 11 of the ship's cargo holds were punctured, eventually spilling 11 million gallons of oil.
But Mr Lowcock said similar assurances were given in August 2019 and then the Houthis cancelled the mission one day before departure.
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