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IHI Delivers VLCC 'Nissho Maru' To Idemitsu Tanker Company
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy I n d u s t r i e s Company (IHI) recently c o m p l e t e d the 257,882- dwt tanker Nissho Maru (shown above) for Idemitsu Tanker Company of Tokyo. The new ship is the first vessel delivered by IHI's Kure Shipyard this year,
Butterworth Systems Receives IMCO Approval
The line of tank cleaning machines manufactured by Butterworth Systems (U.K. and USA) have received approval, in accordance with the latest IMCO requirements for the design of crude oil w a s h i n g systems. Effective August 30, 1978, the approval was
CDS Awarded Chestnut Sh ipping To Retrofit Tanker At Northwest Marine
The Assistant Secretary and the Maritime Subsidy Board have authorized the award of construction-differential subsidy (CDS) for the retrofitting of either of two 89,700- deadweight-ton tankers operated by Chestnut Shipping Co. to meet the requirements of the Port and Tanker safety Act of 1978.
New Chevron Tanker Christened In Brazil
In a recent ceremony at Ishikawajima do Brasil Estaleiros S.A. (ISHIBRAS) shipyard in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the third in a series of four 150,000-dwt tankers was christened and delivered to Chevron Corporation. Chevron's newest tanker was christened
Floating Oil Storage Better Prospects For The Unemployed?
Since the start of the tanker crisis at the end of 1973, many ideas have been suggested for mopping up the large volume of tanker tonnage which is now surplus to requirements. One of these ideas is the use of tankers for oil storage. For some time (even before the tanker crisis broke),
USCG Developing Rules Requiring Vessels To Respond To Oil Spills
Regulations mandated by Congress in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to minimize the impact of oil spills include the requirements that all domestic and foreign tanker-type vessels operating in U.S. waters have onboard oil-spill-removal equipment as well as an oil-spill-response plan.
The Parcel Tanker Trades
The term parcel tanker has no precise meaning, but it is frequently applied to highly specialized ships designed to carry highly specialized liquid cargoes (which often have severe hazards as regards toxicity, corrosiveness, inflammability, or a combination of these,