Watch: UN transferred the first third of crude oil from FSO Safer
According to the United Nations and Boskalis, over a third of the crude oil successfully transferred from the FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen's Red Sea coast.
Read moreAccording to the United Nations and Boskalis, over a third of the crude oil successfully transferred from the FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen's Red Sea coast.
Read moreAfter years of negotiations, the UN-led project to prevent a massive oil spill from the FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast began yesterday with the removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil from the decaying vessel. After years of negotiations, the United Nations with its contractor Boskalis’ SMIT Salvage announced that the UN-led project to prevent a massive oil spill from the FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast began yesterday with the removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil from the decaying vessel.
Read moreA UN-owned ship arrived off war-torn Yemen on 16th, for a risky operation to pump more than a million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker and prevent a catastrophic spill.
Read moreThe Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator has lowered the required Ship Security Level for RMI-registered vessels within Yemeni territorial waters and ports to Security Level 2.
Read moreSecurity guards on superyacht Kalizma opened fire on Yemen Coast Guard boats in Yemen last Friday, allegedly mistaking them for pirates.
Read moreIMO announced that it urges Member States to contribute equipment to help UN-led efforts to prevent a possible catastrophic oil spill from the FSO SAFER, an ageing and rapidly decaying floating storage offshore (FSO) unit moored 4.8 nautical miles off the Red Sea coast of Yemen.
Read moreBoskalis through its subsidiary SMIT Salvage has reached an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the oil removal from the FSO Safer moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast.
Read moreOn 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.
Read moreFSO 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.
Read moreOn November 21, the Yemeni government informed that Houthi rebels attacked the terminal while the VLCC Pratika was near a loading buoy.
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