Tag: Yemen

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.

On November 21, the Yemeni government informed that Houthi rebels attacked the terminal while the VLCC Pratika was near a loading buoy.

An Okeanis Eco Tankers’ very large crude carrier was the target of armed drones on October 21, as the vessel had called for loading at the Al-Dabba oil terminal in Ash Shihr, Yemen.

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.