Sentences with phrase «hull oil tankers»

Modern double hull oil tankers are not as susceptible to spills, but the many small ships (especially low budget, unlicensed ships) carrying goods of all types can and do run aground, causing smaller spills.

In 2002, the European Union outlawed single - hulled oil tankers, and the erstwhile Valdez, now called simply the Mediterranean, was sent to Asian waters.

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If a tanker splits its hull and dumps oil into the sea, trained teams show up with specialized gear to begin the process of stanching the flow and cleaning up the spill.

Then, on November 13, 2002, the hull of the Prestige oil tanker broke in half off the north - western coast of Spain, releasing 63,000 tonnes of oil.

In 1990, the United States passed the Oil Pollution Act (OPA): a powerful piece of legislation that required oil tankers in US waters to have double hulOil Pollution Act (OPA): a powerful piece of legislation that required oil tankers in US waters to have double huloil tankers in US waters to have double hulls.

After the Exxon Valdez spill, all sorts of maritime regulations were instituted requiring all new tankers to be double hull after 2006 because they are less likely to spill oil.

Western countries have paid millions to help Russia dismantle its aging fleet of nuclear submarines in the area and safely store the nuclear material aboard them, but Mr. Kalenchenko said far less attention had been paid to the environmental risks of expanding oil shipments in the same area, most in single - hull tankers.