Yemen – Oil sepagage threatening marine life

Location: Aden, Yemen

Language: Arabic

Duration: 00:03:10

Voice: Natural

Source: A24 Aden

Restriction: A24 subscribers

Date: 28/07/2022

Storyline:

A total of 12 rickety oil tankers threaten the environment in the port of Aden in southern Yemen, three of which until recently contained oil. Although the authorities unloaded one of them, the second tanker named Coral carries ninety tons, and the third tanker Fanol contains about thirty and thirty-five tons of oil, according to Riyadh Saeed, director General of Inspection and Ship Registration at the Maritime Affairs Authority. Saeed warned that any oil spill would cause an environmental disaster, as it would destroy marine life and the food chain along the coast of Aden, causing direct harm to the residents.

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 – Soundbite (Captain Riyad Saeed – Director General of Inspection and Ship Registration at the Maritime Affairs Authority):

“In the port of Aden, we have twelve dilapidated ships. Most of them are oil tankers, with no cargo, except for three tankers, one of which has been unloaded, while the second tanker is called Coral, contains ninety tons, and the third tanker is called Fanol, contains about thirty and thirty-five tons. In the event of a leakage from these tankers, Mazut, a heavy fuel oil, is divided into two parts, one on the surface of the sea and the other coming down to the sea floor, which affects the marine environment. marine organisms and the food chain. This will mainly harm the residents of Aden.”