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'''FSO ''Safer''''' is a [[Floating production storage and offloading|floating oil storage and offloading]] vessel that is moored in the [[Red Sea]] north of the Yemeni city of [[Al Hudaydah]].
''Safer'' was built in 1976 by the [[Hitachi Zosen Corporation]] in Japan as the oil tanker ''Esso Japan''.<ref name="msi"></ref> As built, she had measured 192,679 [[gross tonnage|gross tons]] and 406,640 [[deadweight tonnage|deadweight tons]], with a length of and a beam of .<ref name="msi"/> She was powered by a single steam turbine that gave her a service speed of .<ref name="msi"/>
In 1987, ''Esso Japan'' was converted into an unpropelled storage vessel and renamed ''Safer''.<ref name="msi"/> She was moored about off of the coast of Yemen in 1988 under the ownership of the Yemeni government via the national oil company, which used her to store and export oil from inland oil fields around [[Ma'rib]].<ref name="wmn">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="guardian">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In her storage configuration, ''Safer'' has a capacity of about three million [[Barrel (unit)|barrels]] of oil.<ref name="guardian"/>
In March 2015, in the early days of the [[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)|Yemeni Civil War]], ''Safer'' fell into the hands of [[Houthi]] forces when they took control of the coastline surrounding her mooring.<Ref name="guardian"/> In the following years, her structural condition deteriorated significantly, leading to the risk of a catastrophic hull breach or explosion of oil vapors that would typically be suppressed by inert gas generated onboard.<ref name="guardian"/><ref name="wmn"/> The ship is estimated to contain about 1.14 million barrels of oil valued at up US$80 million, which became a point of contention in negotiations between the Houthi rebels and Yemeni government, both of which asserted claims to the cargo and vessel.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="aj">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In early December 2019, Al Jazeera reported that oil had begun to leak from ''Safer''.<ref name="aj"/>
==References==
[[Category:1976 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built by Hitachi Zosen Corporation]]
[[Category:Floating production storage and offloading vessels]]
''Safer'' was built in 1976 by the [[Hitachi Zosen Corporation]] in Japan as the oil tanker ''Esso Japan''.<ref name="msi"></ref> As built, she had measured 192,679 [[gross tonnage|gross tons]] and 406,640 [[deadweight tonnage|deadweight tons]], with a length of and a beam of .<ref name="msi"/> She was powered by a single steam turbine that gave her a service speed of .<ref name="msi"/>
In 1987, ''Esso Japan'' was converted into an unpropelled storage vessel and renamed ''Safer''.<ref name="msi"/> She was moored about off of the coast of Yemen in 1988 under the ownership of the Yemeni government via the national oil company, which used her to store and export oil from inland oil fields around [[Ma'rib]].<ref name="wmn">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="guardian">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In her storage configuration, ''Safer'' has a capacity of about three million [[Barrel (unit)|barrels]] of oil.<ref name="guardian"/>
In March 2015, in the early days of the [[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)|Yemeni Civil War]], ''Safer'' fell into the hands of [[Houthi]] forces when they took control of the coastline surrounding her mooring.<Ref name="guardian"/> In the following years, her structural condition deteriorated significantly, leading to the risk of a catastrophic hull breach or explosion of oil vapors that would typically be suppressed by inert gas generated onboard.<ref name="guardian"/><ref name="wmn"/> The ship is estimated to contain about 1.14 million barrels of oil valued at up US$80 million, which became a point of contention in negotiations between the Houthi rebels and Yemeni government, both of which asserted claims to the cargo and vessel.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="aj">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In early December 2019, Al Jazeera reported that oil had begun to leak from ''Safer''.<ref name="aj"/>
==References==
[[Category:1976 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built by Hitachi Zosen Corporation]]
[[Category:Floating production storage and offloading vessels]]
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