Update: Final Disposal of FSO Safer Stopped by Houthi Crisis in Red Sea

The current shipping crisis in the Red Sea, precipitated by Houthi drone and missile attacks, has stopped the final disposal of the decrepit FSO Safer, a floating oil storage and offloading vessel, moored in the Red Sea north of the … Continue reading

Update: FSO Safer No Longer an Environmental Disaster Waiting to Happen, Dispute Remains Over Oil

The FSO Safer is now considerably safer. A United Nations operation to transfer more than one million barrels of oil from the decaying floating oil storage vessel into another ship off the coast of Yemen has been completed.  Removal of … Continue reading

FSO Safer — Environmental Disaster Waiting to Happen in the Red Sea off Yemen

For several years, the FSO Safer, a floating oil storage and offloading vessel, moored in the Red Sea north of the Yemeni city of Al Hudaydah, may be an environmental disaster waiting to happen. The ship has been held as … Continue reading