Jul 1, 2019
The enormous ships that ferry crude oil around the world embody the fossil fuel era and its legacy of pollution. But can they be transformed to become good for the environment?
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The enormous ships that ferry crude oil around the world embody the fossil fuel era and its legacy of pollution. But can they be transformed to become good for the environment?
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The New Panama Canal: A Risky Bet
According to a recent investigative report in The New York Times (22 June 2016), the $3.1 billion renovation to allow for the passage of supertankers and other huge cargo ships has been fraught with problems. In the long run: “The expanded canal’s future is cloudy at best, its safety, quality of construction and economic viability in doubt.” What are the prospects of future disaster from accidents, shoddy construction, and earthquakes in this vital global waterway?
Read the full report here
Enbridge wants to build its Northern Gateway pipeline that will carry more than half a million barrels of crude oil a day for Alberta's tar sands to Kitimat where it will be loaded onto supertankers bound for Asia. That's over 200 supertankers eacy year, loaded with crude oil sailing through important fishing grounds, critical whale habitiat and the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest.
Pierre Guillaumat - the Biggest Ship Ever Constructed
The biggest ships ever constructed were four supertankers built in France at the end of the seventies, having a 555.000 DWT and a 414 meters length. They launched from the shipyard Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint Nazaire.
Batillus, built in 1976, scrapped 1985
Bellamya, built in 1976, scrapped 1986
Pierre Guillaumat, built in 1977, scrapped 1983
Prairial, built in 1979 (also as Hellas Fos and Sea Giant) scrapped 2003