Nautica ship alternative to Safer oil tank sails towards Yemen

On Jul 15, 2023 6:26 PM

SANAA, July. 15 (YPA) – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Sanaa government, Hussein Al-Ezzi, stated on Saturday that the ship “Nautica”, the new floating tank alternative to the Safer tank, began to sail towards Yemen.

“The ship is heading to Hodeida, and we are waiting for its safe arrival,” Al-Ezzi said on Twitter.

Mr. David Gressly, the United Nations Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, said earlier on Twitter that the Nautica ship had sailed from Djibouti, on its way to the Yemeni coast on the Red Sea.

Gressly, who is on board the replacement ship, affirmed that the oil transfer process will begin as soon as “Nautica” reaches the “Safer” site, where it will anchor alongside the specialized support ship “Nedefor” in order to “accommodate about one million barrels of crude oil on board the giant tank.”