A brand-new oil tanker entered Western Washington's inland waters yesterday, a ship armored against oil spills with a double hull, extra engines and steering equipment to prevent accidents. But its ...

This chapter examines the economic viability of the domestic (Jones Act) petroleum transportation industry 1 in light of the double-hull requirements of Section 4115 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ...

Double-hull tankers have an outer layer of steel, normally about an inch thick and 6.5 feet from the inner one, that acts as a buffer in an accident. When tankers with one shell are ruptured, the only ...

Bermudian-based oil tanker operators are seeing their profit margins soar as the energy crisis sparked by the war in the ...

Jan 24 (Reuters) - Double Hull Tankers forecast fourth-quarter slightly below analysts' estimates and said its largest shareholder Overseas Shipholding Group sold more than 30 percent of its stake in ...

Teekay Tankers Ltd. (NYSE:TNK) is included among the 10 Best Shipping Stocks with Dividends. A large oil refinery against a backdrop of ocean containers and industrial cranes. Teekay Tankers Ltd.

TOP Ships Inc. (NASDAQ: TOPS) announced on Feb. 18 that it has taken delivery of the M/T Miss Marilena from SPP Plant & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd of the Republic of Korea. The Miss Marilena is the first ...

SEOUL, April 25 (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Energy <096770.KS> said it will increase its use of double-hulled tankers to 60 percent this year, up from 51 percent in 2007. South Korean refiners have ...

On March 24, 1989, just after midnight, a massive oil tanker ran aground in one of the most pristine marine environments in North America. Within hours, black crude oil was spreading across the icy ...

Since then Maritrans has successfully rebuilt three similar size barges and is currently working on a fifth that includes a 60-ft. lengthening. Maritrans patented barge process was described in detail ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tanker "Annika", which caught fire in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, is moored in the Rostock ...

Douglas C. Wolcott (chair) served as president of Chevron Shipping Company from 1984 until his retirement in 1994. During that time, Chevron had the largest oil company-owned fleet in the world, ...