Two tugs have arrived at the site of a decaying supertanker moored off Yemen to prepare for the arrival of a replacement VLCC to receive its 1.14m barrels of oil.
Divers working on the United Nations-backed operation have completed the hull inspection of the 406,600-dwt FSO Safer (built 1976) amid final preparations for the ship-to-ship transfer of oil, Dutch salvage team Boskalis said.