U.N. Delays Salvage of Yemen Oil Tanker Amid Fears of Major Spill

The United Nations had planned to start a maritime salvage operation to prevent leaks from a dilapidated tanker holding four times the oil that spilled in the Exxon Valdez disaster. But Houthi insurgents have failed to provide a written security guarantee, the U.N. said.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/world/middleeast/yemen-oil-tanker-salvage-fso-safer.html