The team is pumping between 4,000 and 5,000 barrels of oil every hour, and has so far transferred more than 120,000 barrels to the replacement vessel carrying the offloaded oil, Gressly said.
A potential spill from this vessel would be enough to make it the fifth largest oil spill from a tanker in history, a UN website said.
The Red Sea is a vital strategic waterway for global trade.
Video Ad Feedback Oil being removed from tanker near Yemen in Red Sea 02:29 - Source: CNNAfter The Safer is emptied, it must then be cleaned to ensure no oil residue is left, Gressly said.
The Red Sea fisheries in Yemen could be “almost completely wiped out,” Rehkopf added.
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