GeopoliticsProtected UN moves to avert oil disaster By ANI - March 12, 2023 0 235 The rusting tanker in the Red Sea The UN has bought a huge ship that it hopes will prevent an environmental catastrophe off the coast of Yemen. For years, more than a million barrels of crude oil have been sitting on a decaying supertanker in the Red Sea, the BBC reports. Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!)