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ABS Awards AIP for OceanSTAR’s New Build FSO Design

ABS delivered an approval in principle (AIP) to OceanSTAR Marine & Offshore Investment Pte. Ltd., for its new build floating storage and offloading (FSO) design. The OceanSTAR FSO-01 is a shipshape hull design specifically developed to cater to …
Mar 6, 2024 / Curious

DOF Awarded Contract by Altera Infrastructure To Install One FPSO and one FSO Offshore Ivory Coast

DOF has been awarded a contract by Altera Infrastructure to install one FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading unit) and one FSO (Floating Storage unit) for the phase 2 development of the Baleine field in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, …
Feb 12, 2024 / Curious

Boskalis subsidiary SMIT Salvage successfully transfers all oil from decaying FSO Safer to safe modern tanker

Boskalis announces that subsidiary SMIT Salvage has removed all oil from the FSO Safer, located off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea. During this United Nations (UN) coordinated operation, over 1.1 million barrels of oil was successfully transferred …
Aug 14, 2023 / Vessels

United Nations poised to begin transfer of 1 million barrels of oil from decaying tanker in Red Sea

The UN-led project to prevent a massive oil spill from the decaying FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast took a major step forward today when the replacement vessel Nautica sailed from Djibouti en route to the Safer site. All technical …
Jul 17, 2023 / Curious

NGOs call on the Netherlands to push for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of FSO Safer

As the operations for the removal of the oil on-board the decaying Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) vessel SAFER are taking place off the coast of Yemen, the UNDP is looking for a destination for the FSO’s recycling. NGOs have urged the UNDP to …
Jul 6, 2023 / Curious

Yinson Production Receives Charter Contract Extension For FSO PTSC Bien Dong 01

Yinson Production (YP), through its joint venture company with PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC), PTSC South East Asia (PTSC SEA), has received a 5-year extension for the Bareboat Charter Contract for FSO PTSC Bien Dong 01. The …
Jun 6, 2023 / Curious

Boskalis to remove oil from FSO Safer in Yemen to avert environmental and humanitarian disaster

Boskalis through its subsidiary SMIT Salvage has reached an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the oil removal from the FSO Safer moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. This project is a part of the UN-coordinated operation …
Apr 21, 2023 / Vessels

Euronav to work with United Nations in rescue operation for stricken FSO Safer

Euronav NV (EURN or Euronav) (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN) announced earlier today it has signed an agreement with the UN to sell a VLCC as part of a wider salvage operation for the FSO Safer located in Yemen. Euronav will provide a suitable …
Mar 10, 2023 / Vessels

The Njord field upgraded and ready for another 20 years

Production from the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea resumed at 16.30 on 27 December, following an upgrading project in which both the platform and the floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) were brought ashore. The field is now back on …
Dec 29, 2022 / Curious

Euronav purchases joint venture partner share of two FSO vessels

Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN) (Euronav) announces that it has become the full owner of the FSO platform as previously held in its 50-50 joint venture with International Seaways, Inc. (“INSW”). The two converted ULCCs, the FSO Asia and …
Jun 8, 2022 / Vessels