A 'floating bomb' off Yemen’s coast could dwarf the Exxon Valdez disaster

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A 'floating bomb' off Yemen’s coast could dwarf the Exxon Valdez disaster
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This 45-year-old vessel could lead to decades of ecological destruction if it sinks or explodes Opinion | GiorgioCafiero

Such an environmental disaster would result in the Red Sea’s ports and shipping lanes closing. For the millions of Yemenis who depend on international aid, which can only be delivered via Yemeni ports, such a catastrophe could produce unimaginably disastrous consequences.

But Yemenis are not the only people who would suffer from this potential catastrophe. Given how many desalination plants exist on both the Arabian and African sides of the Red Sea, the FSO SAFER’s current condition poses a grave danger to numerous countries. Depending on the timing of a potential spill, which impacts currents, the damage could reach asThere is no easy or simple way to resolve this crisis in the making, although doing so is absolutely vital.

While lacking an agreement on how to deal with this looming crisis, the different sides in Yemen are playing the blame game. Saudi media is busy the Houthis of having “actively prevented international engineers from boarding FSO SAFER to carry out essential repairs.”

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