The Yemeni government claimed that even after the UN secured the funding required to finish the rescue operation, the Houthis’ inaction continues to prevent the operation from getting off the ground and finishing. They claim to be completely unaware of the effects of the oil spill from the ship Saffer, his assignment of $1.5 billion to Yemeni hunting stocks over the next 25 years, as well as the resultant increase in fuel prices by 800%.
In Hodeidah, hazardous gases damaged 3 million people, and when the gas is combined with rainwater, it enters the groundwater levels, where it causes slow poisoning and long-term health issues for 6 million people.
The Yemeni government issued a warning that further postponing the saving process would endanger 4% of the country’s productive agricultural lands, resulting in the loss of grains, fruits, and vegetables worth an estimated $70 million, as well as halt work in the ports of Hodeidah and The Salif, which will further exacerbate the humanitarian crisis and have an impact on other regions.
The government made note of the fact that an oil spill would endanger the health of Red Sea-dwelling nations’ residents as well as Yemenis, contaminate Red Sea water desalination plants, cut off supplies to 10 million people, deplete Yemen’s fisheries, which support more than 1. 7 million people, and devastate the region’s biological and ecological diversity.
Disappointing results
According to the United Nations, a significant leakage could happen at any time, surpassing the capacity and resources of the country, causing catastrophe and the destruction of Yemen’s coasts and ways to survive. This also led to the disruption of biotechnology through the Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea.
The ship is moving at roughly 4 mph. 8 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen.
The Safer ship, which was constructed in 1976 as an oil conveyor and transformed into a floating storage facility in 1987, is remarkable because it has an estimated 1.14 million barrels of light crude oil on board. Since March 2015, production and unloading operations have been ceased, and no maintenance work has been done on the safety systems or the gas monitoring systems in more than 7 years.
Yemen. The Houthis’ delay prevents “Safer” from being saved.
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