FSO Safer - Wikipedia
WEBFSO Safer is a floating storage vessel that has been abandoned since 2015 due to the civil war in Yemen. It poses a high risk of explosion and environmental disaster, and the UN is leading a salvage operation to transfer its oil to a safer ship.
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UN Plan for FSO Safer | United Nations - الأمم المتحدة
WEBFSO Safer is a decaying supertanker off Yemen's Red Sea coast that could have spilled millions of barrels of oil into the sea. The UN completed the first phase of the project to transfer the...
FSO SAFER: Ship-to-ship transfer of oil to tanker Yemen - IMO
WEBUnder a United Nations-coordinated initiative, the ship-to-ship transfer of more than 1.1 million barrels of oil from the decaying floating storage and offloading unit FSO Safer to a replacement tanker, the Yemen, was completed in August 2023, to avert a potential environmental disaster..
Yemen: UN concludes removal of one million barrels of oil ... - UN …
WEBAug 11, 2023 · A UN-led operation successfully transferred over one million barrels of crude oil from the FSO Safer, a rusting supertanker off Yemen, to avoid a catastrophic spill. The tanker was abandoned in...
Safer - United Nations Development Programme
WEBThe UN is coordinating a high-risk operation to transfer oil from a decaying tanker off Yemen's coast that could cause a devastating spill in the Red Sea. Learn about the FSO Safer, the risks, the progress and the funding needs of this emergency phase.
High-stakes UN operation underway in Yemen to avert ... - UN News
WEBJul 25, 2023 · Transfer of crude oil from the dilapidated tanker Safer stranded off the coast of Yemen, is expected to start early next week, a senior United Nations humanitarian official told the Security...
Questions and answers about the UN mission to the SAFER oil tanker in Yemen
WEBDec 30, 2020 · SAFER is a FSO vessel that stores oil off Yemen's west coast and poses a major environmental and humanitarian risk. The UN seeks to deploy an expert mission to assess the...
UN buys huge ship to avert catastrophic oil spill off Yemen - BBC
WEBMar 9, 2023 · The FSO Safer has been abandoned since 2015 and is carrying 1.1m barrels of oil. The UN has purchased a huge ship that it hopes will prevent an environmental catastrophe off the coast of Yemen....
UN begins salvage operation to stop catastrophic oil spill off Yemen - BBC
WEBMay 31, 2023 · The United Nations has started an operation to remove 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker moored off Yemen's Red Sea coast.
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