Oil transfer from stranded tanker off Yemeni coast expected to start next week: UN

SANAA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The transfer of crude oil from the dilapidated tanker Safer, stranded off the coast of Yemen, is expected to start early next week, a United Nations humanitarian official said on Monday.

David Gressly, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, said in a statement that Nautica, a tanker specifically tasked with offloading oil from Safer, is ready to set sail from Djibouti, and the transfer process, which is estimated to take about two weeks, will start once Nautica docks alongside Safer.