WORLDWIDE EFFORTS TO MAKE TANKERS LESS POLLUTING ARE MAKING PROGRESS
June 1st, 2008
BY DEIRDRE MASON, in London; LUCY JONES, in Dallas; JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo; and KEITH NUTHALL
GIVEN the spate of oil tanker accidents in recent years involving substantial pollution of seas and coastlines around the world, it is no surprise that international organisations have weighed in with regulatory controls and guidelines on shipping standards.
The International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) MARPOL anti-pollution convention is well on the way to phasing out single hull tankers by 2010 and these ships have been blocked from entering European Union (EU) ...
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