Tag: FSO Safer

On the 10th of March, Euronav signed an agreement with UN to sell a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) as part of a wider salvage operation for the FSO Safer vessel in Yemen.

FSO Safer, that has been described as a “floating time bomb”, moored in the Red Sea is still waiting for a new vessel to remove its cargo of 1.1 million barrels of oil.

The salvage of the ageing supertanker FSO Safer, off the Yemeni coast, can now begin, the UN said, after it announced that more than $75 million has been pledged to carry out the vital operation.

The Netherlands will release an additional €7.5 million for salvage operations to secure the FSO Safer, the floating oil storage vessel off the coast of Yemen.

Yemen’s HSA Group has announced a US$ 1.2 million donation to support the UN's efforts to avert a major humanitarian, economic, and ecological disaster in the Red Sea due to the FSO Safer.

Days before emergency operations are to take place to secure a decaying oil tanker threat, a UN Humanitarian Coordinator urged the public to help with funding to prevent a catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea.

A social media campaign launched by the United Nations aims to bring the world closer to prevent FSO Safer, anchored off Yemen, from causing an oil spill that could spell disaster for the region and beyond. 

IMO Secretary-General urges States to support UN coordinated plan to transfer oil from degrading floating storage unit off Yemen.

IMO Secretary-General, Kitack Lim, addressed the threat of the major oil spill from the FSO SAFER – the aging supertanker moored of Yemen’s Red Sea Coast that could break apart or explode at any time.

The United Nations urges to raise $80M in order to prevent an oil tanker off the west coast of Yemen exploding and causing an environmental disaster.