The phrase "tanker accident" refers to a mishap or collision involving a large vehicle used to transport liquids, such as oil or chemicals.
Sentences with «tanker accident»
The grounding of the tanker Braer off the Shetland Islands last January exposed flaws in Britain's emergency plans for tanker accidents, says the Marine Pollution Control Unit in a report published this week. (newscientist.com)
The project's main opponent, the local environmental group Douglas Channel Watch, maintains the risk from either a tanker accident or a pipeline breach is too high for the small number of jobs the pipeline would bring to the community. (canadianbusiness.com)
The gas projects have encountered somewhat less opposition, in part because of the perceived lower environmental damage from a gas pipeline or tanker accident, but also because the economic fundamentals of gas exports provide more benefits to the local economy because much of the gas will come from BC fields and the need for construction and operation of LNG facilities on the coast. (asiapacific.ca)