UN / YEMEN SAFER OIL TANKER

“The Nautica, which is a very large crude carrier set sail today from Zhoushan in China to remove more than a million barrels of oil from the decaying Safer tanker,” said a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:41
• Production Date: 6 April 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP
• Subject Topical: ENVIRONMENT
• Geographic Subject: YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 3033060
• Parent Id: 3033060
• Alternate Title: unifeed230406f

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STORY: UN / YEMEN SAFER OIL TANKER
TRT: 01:40
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 06 APRIL 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters

06 APRIL 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Update for you on Yemen, and our newest acquisition, and that is the “Nautica”, this is the tanker that we have secured through the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to replace the Safer tanker, the Nautica, which is a very large crude carrier set sail today from Zhoushan in China to remove more than a million barrels of oil from the decaying Safer tanker, which we talked to you a lot about, which is off the coast of Hudaida.”
4. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at podium
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The vessel we expect is to arrive in early May, needs to make one more stop for some technical modifications along the way. David Gressly, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, who has led the UN system-wide efforts on the Safer since September 2021, confirmed that the sailing of the vessel brings us closer to preventing a catastrophe.”
6. Med shot, journalist
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The UNDP which is implementing the operation as part of a UN-coordinated initiative is contracting a leading global marine salvage company to ready the Safer and safely carry out the ship-to-ship transfer of oil as soon as this be technically and practically feasible.”
8. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at podium

Storyline

“The Nautica, which is a very large crude carrier set sail today from Zhoushan in China to remove more than a million barrels of oil from the decaying Safer tanker”, said a UN Spokesperson.

Speaking to journalists on Thursday (06 Apr) in New York, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said, “The vessel we expect is to arrive in early May, needs to make one more stop for some technical modifications along the way.”

He continued, “David Gressly, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, who has led the UN system-wide efforts on the Safer since September 2021, confirmed that the sailing of the vessel brings us closer to preventing a catastrophe.”

Dujarric added, “The UNDP which is implementing the operation as part of a UN-coordinated initiative is contracting a leading global marine salvage company to ready the Safer and safely carry out the ship-to-ship transfer of oil as soon as this be technically and practically feasible.”

The Safer has not been maintained since 2015 because of the conflict in Yemen. It has decayed to the point where there is an imminent risk it could explode or break apart, which would have disastrous effects on the region.