Greenpeace warns of potential Middle East disaster at abandoned oil tanker

Worse than Exxon Valdez spill? Rusting fuel tanker offshore Yemen has 1.1 million barrels of crude onboard

Floating threat: A satellite image obtained courtesy of Maxar Technologies in 2020 shows the FSO Safer offshore Yemen’s western port of Hodeida — Floating threat: A satellite image obtained courtesy of Maxar Technologies in 2020 shows the FSO Safer offshore Yemen’s western port of HodeidaPhoto: AFP/SCANPIX

Nishant Ugal

New Delhi

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Published 28 January 2022, 11:16Updated 1 February 2022, 18:17