A decaying tanker holds about four times the amount of oil leaked in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster. Experts have warned that it is an ecological time bomb that could explode or disintegrate at any moment.
Officials say a fragile ceasefire in Yemen's civil war is a chance to move 1 million barrels of crude off a decrepit oil tanker in the Red Sea, but they need cash.
A tanker off the coast of Yemen threatens to spill more than four times the oil of the Exxon Valdez and cause major disruption to global shipping if an emergency salvage mission fails. Right now, Global Affairs Canada says it has no plans to help fund the operation.