
BIMCO, the world’s largest shipowners’ association, is looking at a number of initiatives to approach how shipping can reduce its plastics footprint in light of delays in international action and discussion.

The international efforts carried out over the past year to assess the risk of a massive oil leak or explosion from the Safer, a stricken FSO moored off the coast of Yemen, have been largely unsuccessful. The condition of the floating storage and offloading unit, which is anchored 60 km north of the