Oil Tankers Slow to Shift to Anti-Spill Double Hulls. Craig Welch.
by Welch, Craig; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 53Environment. Publisher: The Seattle Times, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Alaska | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Exxon Valdez (Ship) oil spill (1989) | Naval architecture | Oil spills -- Spain | Petroleum industry and trade | Tankers -- Law and legislationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Fourteen years after the Exxon Valdez ruptured against a reef in Prince William Sound, fewer than a third of the tankers ferrying crude between Alaska and Puget Sound are equipped with a double hull--a safety feature Congress deemed critical to preventing oil spills." (THE SEATTLE TIMES) This article presents the environmental risks posed by single-hull oil tankers.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Oil Tankers Slow to Shift to Anti-Spill Double Hulls, May 5, 2003; pp. A1+.
"Fourteen years after the Exxon Valdez ruptured against a reef in Prince William Sound, fewer than a third of the tankers ferrying crude between Alaska and Puget Sound are equipped with a double hull--a safety feature Congress deemed critical to preventing oil spills." (THE SEATTLE TIMES) This article presents the environmental risks posed by single-hull oil tankers.
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