The remarkable story of how Yemen’s oil tanker disaster was averted by crowdfunding

The remarkable story of how Yemen’s oil tanker disaster was averted by crowdfunding

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Since 1988, the hulking form of the FSO Safer has floated in the Red Sea, receiving crude oil from the bountiful Marib oilfields of Yemen. For 30 years, the ship was a critical piece of infrastructure in Yemen’s booming oil industry, which at one time generated 63% of government revenue. But the…

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