Boskalis宣布，子公司SMIT Salvage已从位于红海也门海岸的FSO Safer中清除了所有石油。在这次联合国协调行动中，超过110万桶石油被成功转移到停泊在FSO Safer旁边的一艘安全的现代油轮上。这一复杂行动的成功完成避免了一场可能产生巨大人道主义、环境和经济后果的重大灾难。

Boskalis首席执行官Peter Berdowski：“我很高兴我们成功地从FSO Safer号上清除了石油，并将其转移到一艘现代化的双壳油轮上。通过我们的打捞活动，我们再次避免了一场前所未有的潜在环境灾难。

由于荷兰对外贸易和发展合作部的努力以及博斯卡利斯两年多的筹备工作，我们得以代表联合国成功地执行这一复杂的行动。我要特别赞扬我们的打捞专家，他们在红海非常具有挑战性的条件下成功地完成了工作。”

在转移石油之前，打捞队进行了几项准备活动。5月底，Boskalis多用途支援船“Ndeavor”号抵达FSO Safer出事地点后，打捞队对该船及其货物进行了彻底检查。此外，还采取了各种措施来确保安全的工作环境。

然后准备将石油转移到联合国购买的超大型原油运输船(VLCC)上。7月23日，在两艘Smit Lamnalco拖船的支持下，VLCC与FSO Safer停泊在一起，并在两艘油轮之间的船头和船尾安装了油幕作为预防措施。在这次系泊作业之后，7月25日，在FSO Safer和VLCC之间连接了输油管道，并安装了液压泵将石油输送到VLCC。

SMIT Salvage的剩余工作包括清洗储罐，预计需要大约一周的时间。FSO Safer将准备运往联合国负责的绿色报废场。

▲Credits: Boskalis

英文原文

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 to a safe modern tanker moored alongside the FSO Safer. The successful completion of this complex operation has averted a major disaster that would have had huge humanitarian, environmental and economic consequences.

Peter Berdowski, CEO Boskalis: “I am very pleased that we have succeeded in removing the oil from the FSO Safer and transferring it to a modern double hulled tanker. With our salvage activities, we have once again averted a potential environmental disaster of unprecedented proportions.

Thanks in part to the efforts of the Dutch Ministry of Ministry of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation and over two years of preparations by Boskalis, we were able to successfully execute this complex operation on behalf of the United Nations. I would like to compliment our salvage experts in particular for successfully carrying out the work under very challenging conditions in the Red Sea.”

Leading up to the transfer of the oil, the salvage team executed several preparatory activities. After the Boskalis multipurpose support vessel Ndeavor arrived at the site of the FSO Safer in late May, the salvage team conducted a thorough inspection of the vessel and its cargo. In addition, various measures were taken to ensure a safe working environment.

Preparations were then made to transfer the oil to the Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) purchased by the UN. The VLCC was moored alongside the FSO Safer on 23 July with the support from two Smit Lamnalco tugs, and oil screens were installed on the bow and stern between the two tankers as a precautionary measure. Following this mooring operation, oil transfer pipes were connected between the FSO Safer and the VLCC on 25 July and hydraulic pumps were installed to transfer the oil to the VLCC.

The remaining activities of SMIT Salvage include the cleaning of the tanks which is expected to take approximately one week. The FSO Safer will be prepared for transport to a green scrapping yard under the responsibility of the UN.

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