HOUTHI missile attacks must ease before before salvors can salvage of two stricken vessels of Aden, says the UN's International Maritime Organisation.
Efforts to limit environmental damage from a cargo vessel that sank after a houthi missile strike are on hold until missile attacks on ships ease, according to the IMO, Reuters reports.
The British-owned Rubymar last month became the first vessel lost since the Houthis began targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea area in November.
The bulk carrier with 21,000 tonnes of fertiliser aboard has been submerged in shallow waters between Yemen and Eritrea since late February.
The Greek-owned True Confidence was abandoned earlier this month after being set ablaze in an attack that killed three crew members near Yemen's port of Aden.
Salvage operations, which can include refloating vessels, towing and repairs, are critical to protecting marine life and coastal environments from damage from leaking fuel and hazardous cargo.
Damage to the Rubymar caused a 18-mile oil slick and scientists remain concerned that a fertiliser leak could trigger devastating algae blooms in the Red Sea that damage vulnerable coral reefs and harm fish.
'We're limited in what we can do in an area that is not safe and secure,' Arsenio Dominguez, secretary-general of the IMO said at a media briefing in London.
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Efforts to limit environmental damage from a cargo vessel that sank after a houthi missile strike are on hold until missile attacks on ships ease, according to the IMO, Reuters reports.
The British-owned Rubymar last month became the first vessel lost since the Houthis began targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea area in November.
The bulk carrier with 21,000 tonnes of fertiliser aboard has been submerged in shallow waters between Yemen and Eritrea since late February.
The Greek-owned True Confidence was abandoned earlier this month after being set ablaze in an attack that killed three crew members near Yemen's port of Aden.
Salvage operations, which can include refloating vessels, towing and repairs, are critical to protecting marine life and coastal environments from damage from leaking fuel and hazardous cargo.
Damage to the Rubymar caused a 18-mile oil slick and scientists remain concerned that a fertiliser leak could trigger devastating algae blooms in the Red Sea that damage vulnerable coral reefs and harm fish.
'We're limited in what we can do in an area that is not safe and secure,' Arsenio Dominguez, secretary-general of the IMO said at a media briefing in London.
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