Smit Salvage to start work within weeks on ‘time bomb’ Yemen ship

Operation is expected to take four months to remove oil from the decaying FSO Safer and prevent an environmental catastrophe

The 407,000-dwt single-hulled FSO Safer (built 1976). — The 407,000-dwt single-hulled FSO Safer (built 1976).Photo: CEOBS

Paul Peachey

London

Published 22 September 2022, 06:43Updated 22 September 2022, 10:14

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