Sentences with phrase «largest tankers»

Whether they realize it or not, British Columbians may soon see more and larger tankers carrying bitumen travelling through B.C. waters.

While allowances for larger tankers have changed, the hazardous confines of Second Narrows have not.

Today, the Tankers International pool operates 41 ships including those of some of the world's largest tanker companies.

Trust me, the first time you walk down towards Oasis and you see the large tanker sitting on top of a small mountain on the outskirts of the town, you'll know what I am talking about.

Extremely large tankers are very susceptible to roll - over accidents, which can be even more problematic given the fact that they carry hazardous materials that could be flammable or capable of releasing toxic fumes.

Not exact matches

Had the deal closed, the sale of a half - interest in the Cutbank Ridge shale gas play would have been the largest investment of any kind by a Chinese state - controlled firm in Canada and the biggest reason to expect to see Asia - bound liquefied natural gas tankers docking on the West Coast in the not - too - distant future.

The Tornados, supported by a Voyager tanker and a Reaper drone, dropped their Paveway IV guided bombs against six targets on an oilfield at Omar, «one of the ISIS's largest and most important oilfields,» according to the MoD.

Fredriksen, whose business empire includes the largest salmon farmer Marine Harvest and oil tanker firm Frontline, is committed to remaining a long - term stakeholder, Dibowitz said.

Moreover tankers bound for Asia and California, though not the most efficient and modern Very Large Crude Carriers preferred by shippers, already dock at the Westshore terminal in Burnaby, B.C..

The Kitimat terminal would be designed for the largest and most economical Very Large Crude Carriers, as opposed to the smaller Aframax tankers that Westridge would load.

The company's largest single business today is building plants that chill natural gas into a dense liquid that's then loaded on tankers for China, Japan, and Spain.

• Kinder Morgan plans to dredge Second Narrows channel to allow larger Suezmax tankers that can carry 1 million barrels of crude — four times as much as spilled from the Exxon Valdez.

The occasional transit of surplus crude from Vancouver using comparatively small vessels has now become regular shipments using the largest class of tankers that can navigate the narrow and dangerous confines of Burrard Inlet.

One of the largest accidental releases of oil in Alberta's history isn't a burst pipeline and it doesn't involve a train of tanker cars derailing into a river.

It was immediately following Christy Clark's surprise victory in the last provincial election, an election many thought would play a large role in the fight against tanker projects on the West Coast.

«We've seen the data, the technology simply doesn't exist to recover diluted bitumen from our environment if one of these tankers, which are many times larger than the Exxon Valdez, runs aground or sinks.»

Deb El's liquid egg product offerings range in package size from as small as 1 - pound cartons to as large as 48,000 - pound bulk tankers.

«The larger you get, you go from a little boat to an oil tanker,» Valsamos says.

The mash is placed in 21,000 gallon fiberglass tanks were it is held until loaded in tanker trucks that deliver the mash to customers, or it is piped to a rail siding where the mash is loaded into large rail tank cars.

North of this point lies the «potato patch,» at the mouth of San Francisco Bay, where a few years ago a wine tanker foundered after a particularly large dollop of water fell off a wave and found its way down the tanker's stack, flooding her engines and sending her to the bottom.

The New York State Department of Transportation has employed 75 excavators, four bulldozers, 20 graders, 17 vacuum trucks with sewer jets, 12 water pumps, 1,441 large dump trucks, 318 large loaders, 15 tree crew bucket trucks, 79 chippers, 57 traffic signal trucks, and 13 water tankers to assist with worker's efforts, Cuomo said.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has divested his interest in Diamond S Shipping Group Inc., one of the world's largest owners and operators of medium - range tanker vessels and the subject of a Center for Public Integrity investigation.

Ulster County Executive Mike Hein, who was once the leading Democratic candidate for NY - 19, was joined by Zephyr Teachout, who IS the Democratic candidate in NY - 19, in speaking out against a plan that increase the number of large oil tankers that could be anchored on the Hudson River.

One illustration of the present government's lack of joined up thinking on preventing terrorism is the large number of oil tankers that for the last year have been anchoring off the East Anglian coast as a result of a series of government decisions or more recently lack of decisions about them.

According to the unit's postmortem on the spill, the national contingency plan for cleaning up spills would not have coped if large quantities of the tanker's cargo of crude oil had come ashore.

The Northwestern development could lead to new thermoelectric devices with potential applications in the automobile industry, glass - and brick - making factories, refineries, coal - and gas - fired power plants, and places where large combustion engines operate continuously (such as in large ships and tankers).

They travel the countryside taking very large format photos of people, which are then put on the sides of buildings, train cars, tanker trucks, and just about anything that has a large surface.

Whereas previous Metal Gear Solid games took you through a linear, structured sequence of events — first you go through the tanker, then you go through the plant, etc. — The Phantom Pain is way more flexible, replacing chapters and segments with a large list of selectable missions, not unlike the portable Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

Mr. Steimler, age 62, continues to serve as chairman of Tanker (UK) Agencies, the commercial agent to Tankers International, managers of the world's largest VLCC pool.

They have the largest oil tankers fleet in the world, amongst all the public companies.

This led to large numbers of tankers loaded with oil sitting idle in ports acting as floating warehouses.

There are a lot of paths you can take, but it is one large area, similar to the Tanker level in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.

Early on, Raiden reveals that a large portion of his training background was VR simulations of Solid Snake's mission on the Tanker and Shadow Moses Island.

I suspect the larger container ship & tanker companies understand the complexities of Arctic navigation and the many challenges to the just - in - time (seamless, integrated) systems that they run.

Here are his views on prospects for more small shipments like those of the Beluga fleet and large - scale use of the Arctic by the world's great container and tanker fleets:

1:19 p.m. Updated An inventive neighbor, Sandy Saunders, just proposed a simple stopgap: Use an off - the - shelf large dome - like fabric structure over the seafloor zone with the leaks, with a hose to pump the accumulating buoyant oil to tankers.

1990: The first climate - related shareholder resolution at Exxon came a year after the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, creating what was then the nation's largest oil spill and most notorious human - caused environmental disaster.

This is the standard marine fuel for cargo ships, tankers and large cruise ships and a key source of black carbon.

Things like actually implementing Enbridge's «voluntary» spill and tanker safety plan, and holding nearly $ 1 billion in liability coverage, including $ 100 million in «ready cash» that can be accessed within 10 business days of a large spill to pay for cleanup costs.

Their findings — based on analyzing automatic identification signals, which show movements of krill trawlers, and cargo and tanker vessels — found vessels that appeared to be transferring catch at sea to large refrigerated cargo ships, a practice called transshipment that has raised concerns about illegal fishing elsewhere.

On November 15, Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior unfurled a large banner reading «Palm Oil Kills Forests and Climate» and blockaded a tanker attempting to leave Indonesia with a cargo full of palm oil.

Big - rigs, tractor - trailers, equipment haulers, semi-trucks, refrigerator trucks, tanker trucks, and other large commercial vehicles transport raw materials, food, gasoline, chemicals, machinery, and finished products in and out of the state.

As experienced truck accident attorneys in Charlotte, we are familiar with the top causes of crashes involving 18 - wheelers, tankers, dump trucks and other large commercial vehicles.

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Victims of truck accidents commonly suffer serious injury or death, especially those involved in accidents with large semi or tanker trucks on high - speed highways such as interstates.

Examples are 18 - wheelers, tractor trailers, tanker trucks, dump trucks, delivery vehicles, box trucks, semi trucks and other large freight trucks.

This will include tankers known as very large crude carriers (VLCCs) which have a capacity of 2 million barrels of oil or more each.

After a serious accident involving an 18 - wheeler, tanker, dump truck or other large commercial vehicle, you may have many questions.

Acting for salvors in relation to the MT STOLT VALOR, a chemical tanker which was ripped apart by a large explosion and fire in the Northern Gulf.

Located along the Mississippi River, the Port of Baton Rouge is the 9th largest in the U.S. and is the farthest upstream port on the river capable of handling ocean - going tankers and cargo carriers.