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The operations on-board an oil tanker transportation are radically different from those on other types of ships, primarily due to the physical properties of the cargo. The entire cargo operations are highly automated and proceed with no one on-board the ship or shore seeing the cargo physically. Even minor misunderstanding of an order or a miscalculation can cause a major spill in pristine locations. By the same token, a tanker crewed by properly trained seafarers under good management could very well be the safest ship afloat. Although most tanker voyages today are completed safely and go unreported, even a minor tanker pollution accident often gets widespread attention from the media, and the image of a polluted beach laden with dead flora and fauna is a sad and telling picture. (more…)
Tanker transportation and oil transport functions as an important link to facilitate the flow of oil and products from their li ...
Oil tankers can be classified into two broad categories: crude oil tankers and product tankers. Crude oil tankers are typically ...
Most major oil and gas firms engage in both upstream (i.e., hydrocarbon exploration and production) and downstream (i.e., hydro ...
Gasoline is used mainly by cars, motorcycles, and light trucks; diesel is used mainly by heavier trucks, buses, and trains. Togethe ...
The EU has a set of common rules on industries environmental permissions for industrial installations, which extend also to cover f ...
The EU has a set of common rules on industries environmental permissions for industrial installations, which extend also to cover future energy use at facilities. These rules are set out in the so-called IPPC Directive of 1996, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ippc/index.htm. The IPPC stands for Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control. (more…)
There are only a few compulsory energy efficiency programs aimed at industrial facilities. It is only recently that the EU introduc ...
The aim of emission trading is to achieve emissions reductions at the lowest economic cost. Emission trading occurs when a factory ...
The operations on-board an oil tanker transportation are radically different from those on other types of ships, primarily due ...
The evidence on the environmental Kuznets curve indicates that national environmental policies differ between high-income and low-i ...
In the pursuit of superior cars, electronic products, and computing, several leading multinational corporations began in the last q ...
