Sentences with word «tanker»

They don't want the number of oil tankers in the Burrard inlet to go up sevenfold and they are backing the legal challenges coming from three of the B.C. coastal nations.

Last month, five oil field workers were involved in an explosive accident after their van collided with an oil tanker truck.

In addition, Simmons plans to introduce a new fleet of tanker trucks for hauling waste products from the facility to ensure that all products or material leaving the facility is enclosed in a container.

I oppose the Northern Gateway pipeline for a number of reasons, beginning with the fact that the project requires over-turning the current moratorium on oil tanker traffic on the British Columbia coastline.

The announced ban on tanker traffic carrying crude oil on the north coast represents an opportunity for the government to make it impossible for all practical purposes for the Northern Gateway project to operate.

Unite today (Friday, 30 March) ruled out Easter strike action by tanker drivers in a bid to focus on talks.

For customers with moderate demand, Praxair makes deliveries by tanker truck from local plants directly to the customer sites.

In a petition filed with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, AG Eric Schneiderman sought reduced limits on the vapor pressure of oil shipped in tanker cars from the Bakken hydrofrack fields of North Dakota to coastal refineries.

VANCOUVER — December 1 marks the last day the B.C. Liberal government could have stood up for British Columbia and stopped the federal government from ramming the proposed Enbridge pipeline and oil tanker project through, say B.C.'s New Democrats.

The volume of spills from tanker trucks, meanwhile, increased by 76 per cent between 1998 and 2007 compared to the previous decades, according to the American Petroleum Institute.

The law creates minimum conditions for tankers carrying petroleum can travel on the river and guidelines for areas to avoid.

With a fuel duty rise due this summer and the possibility of strikes by fuel tanker drivers, it will be interesting to measure the impact on the oil companies and whether BP and Shell can ensure that any blame attached is shared around equally, rather than disproportionately focused on them.

The Exxon Valdez tanker spilled more than 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound, which eventually contaminated approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline.

«The Management in an effort to cushion the effect of the incident on the Power and Water supply made an arrangement with Kaduna State Water Board to be supplying the hostels with water in Tankers as well as diesel for the generators as a temporary measure until the situation is restored back to normalcy.

Lummi Nation Member and commercial fisherman, on increased oil tanker ship traffic that will come with a proposed tar sands pipeline in the Pacific Northwest.

Erg was insured by Allianz SpA, which paid the claim made by Erg and commenced subrogated proceedings against West Tankers before an Italian court, to recover the amounts they had paid out under the insurance policy.

By comparison, a 900 - foot double - hulled tanker carrying nearly 40 million gallons of crude oil did not leak when it crashed into submerged debris near Galveston, Texas in March 2009.

Soon, though, he graduated to filling up giant, 60,000 - liter fuel tankers at a ranch called «El Caracol,» connected by buried hose to a pipeline about 3 kilometers away.

A fully loaded petrol tanker on Saturday exploded at Dabi in Kebbi, killing five people and injuring six others.

Second, it would provide small vendors of excellent products, think tankers with promising ideas, and advocacy groups brimming with sound suggestions with a national platform by which to spread the word.

We have powerful neighbours eying our water and wanting to drive tankers through our Northwest Passage.

Everyone shifts to double hull tankers at that point.

This would, among other things, spare the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area from the environmental damage of heavy LNG tanker traffic.

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.

Representing Odfjell ASA in the investigation by the US and EU of an alleged conspiracy among major chemical tanker companies

'' The situation was so pathetic that soldiers were often transported in Civilian JTF vehicles, civilian vehicles, trailers and water tankers when going to the theatres of operation.

Spotting a powerful wedge issue, Justin Trudeau committed to rejecting the Enbridge pipeline and legislating a crude oil tanker ban on British Columbia's North Coast.

This happened in 2001 when tanker rates which are normally $ 20,000 - $ 30,000 a day went to $ 80,000 a day.

In 1992 and 1993, fewer tankers sank than in previous years and the number of sailors who died was more than halved (see Diagram).

The U.S. Forest Service announced yesterday that it has contracted for seven new «next generation» air tankers for wildfire suppression, part of the service's ongoing efforts to replace its current, aging fleet.

Arno Kopecky spent months sailing along a proposed oil tanker route off British Columbia.

Next time, we'll look at a few more niche options in the industry, including tanker driving and refrigeration specialties.

These trucks often transport flammable or hazardous material and accidents involving tanker trucks are often much more serious than other types of truck collisions.

He represented Bank Saderat Iran, Persia International Bank Plc and National Iranian Tanker Company in their successful challenges to EU sanctions.

The sector commander also advised petroleum tanker drivers to install the device in order to prevent unnecessary crashes on the road.

A week after the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in 1989, chemist Jeff Short of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration visited the site.

THEN agree with them THEN turn the super tanker around.

The project is the Northern Gateway pipeline that would bring oil from the tar sands of Alberta to a proposed tanker terminal at the coast - an initiative supported by China, which could end up the main beneficiary of the oil.

In the first half of 2015, shipping rates for the some of the largest tankers transporting oil to Asia peaked at just above $ 90,000 a day, as countries like China stockpiled cheap crude.

As an example, Vitol made good use of the «Overseas Laura Lynn», a 380m tanker vessel with a hold capacity of 3 million barrels of oil ready for storage.

Now the Air Force expects to receive the first operational KC - 46 by spring 2018, and Boeing is obligated to deliver 18 of the new tankers by October.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Chevron, San Ramon • CA Summer 2011 Analyst Analyst Intern for industry giant Chevron and provided tracking and record product tanker ship movements for analyses for traders.

Now Frontline's price is about $ 20 a share because tanker rates are at $ 60,000 a day — people are in a euphoric / greedy state.