Is the 'Yemen' Becoming 'Safer'?
Recently the VLCC Nautica became the MFSO Yemen. Unfortunately, the change of name does not necessarily mean a change in the possibility of the largest environmental disaster caused by a catastrophic release of oil from a Very Large Crude Oil Carrier (VLCC). MFSO (Moored Floating Storage and Offloading vesssel) Yemen ex-Nautica anchored in the conflict-ridden vicinity of Bab el Mandeb Strait is about to become the cause of such a disaster…
CCCL provides an update and a warning about the potential dangers of the two ships now anchored in the Red Sea.
Refer to our previous posts on the situation, potential dangers of an oil spill in the Red Sea, and the previous call for funding and UN plan to transfer oil from the failing Safer to the Nautica (now the Yemen) - The SAFER Imbroglio