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Title: Tanker industry progressing in cleaning up operations

Abstract

The international tanker industry has made significant strides in improving the safety and environmental awareness of its operations in recent years. With a string of mishaps following the Exxon Valdez spill, public scrutiny focused on the tanker industry and found it lacking. The U.S. government reacted strongly with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. OPA 90 set narrow requirements for tanker construction, forced the creation of a national spill response program, and made tanker operators solely liable for spill damage. The Aegean Sea and Braer accidents around the end of last year forced the pace of European legislation. Since then global initiatives have been announced to improve design and maintenance of tankers and take steps toward eliminating substandard ships and operators. The paper discusses priorities, tanker design, the tanker fleet, OPA status, spill response, the Tampa Bay spill, spill liability, European spills, EC legislation, and the Department of Transportation inquiry.

Authors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6036926
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 91:42; Journal ID: ISSN 0030-1388
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; OIL SPILLS; MITIGATION; TANKER SHIPS; DESIGN; COMMON MARKET; EMERGENCY PLANS; LEGISLATION; LIABILITIES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POLLUTION REGULATIONS; EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; REGULATIONS; SHIPS; 020900* - Petroleum- Environmental Aspects; 022000 - Petroleum- Transport, Handling, & Storage

Citation Formats

Knott, D. Tanker industry progressing in cleaning up operations. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Knott, D. Tanker industry progressing in cleaning up operations. United States.
Knott, D. 1993. "Tanker industry progressing in cleaning up operations". United States.
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title = {Tanker industry progressing in cleaning up operations},
author = {Knott, D},
abstractNote = {The international tanker industry has made significant strides in improving the safety and environmental awareness of its operations in recent years. With a string of mishaps following the Exxon Valdez spill, public scrutiny focused on the tanker industry and found it lacking. The U.S. government reacted strongly with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. OPA 90 set narrow requirements for tanker construction, forced the creation of a national spill response program, and made tanker operators solely liable for spill damage. The Aegean Sea and Braer accidents around the end of last year forced the pace of European legislation. Since then global initiatives have been announced to improve design and maintenance of tankers and take steps toward eliminating substandard ships and operators. The paper discusses priorities, tanker design, the tanker fleet, OPA status, spill response, the Tampa Bay spill, spill liability, European spills, EC legislation, and the Department of Transportation inquiry.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6036926}, journal = {Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)},
issn = {0030-1388},
number = ,
volume = 91:42,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
month = {Mon Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 1993}
}