Middle East
Tanker discharge off Mukalla nearly complete
Doha: Yemen’s Transport Ministry said that the discharge operations of diesel fuel from the tanker Champion 1 stranded off the coast of the city of Mukalla is nearly complete. All the cargo is expected to be offloaded within the next week. The ministry said the oil spill from the tanker, which has laid precariously near the shoreline for much of the summer having lost power in stormy conditions, has now stopped. [05/09/13]