[umgud]

9,000 bbls = 378,000 gallons. About 60+ truckloads.

[Dallas59]

SAVE THE MUSLIMS!....

[stboz]

Life will go on. The world has not come to an oily end.

[OpusatFR]

"The other tanker, US-based Genmar Kestrel, lost 6,000 barrels of crude oil, Lim said."

FYI, I wonder why the reporter didn't give the General Maritime location while he emphasized the other ship's registry? Just said Genmar Kestrel was US based.

I can guess, but I'll let other, better minds enlighten me.

After all, reading the ship's registry, flag and corporate owners is like reading a Chinese novel in Russian illustrated in Braille


"GENERAL INFORMATION HVPQ Ref
Date Updated: Jan 21, 2005
Vessel's name: Genmar Kestrel 1.2
IMO number: 8703103 1.3
Vessel's previous name(s): GOLAR BEATRIS / IOANNIS / CRUDEMED 1.4-1.7
Flag: Marshall Island 1.8
Port of Registry: MAJURO"

General Maritime Management (Hellas) Ltd.

Located in Piraeus, Greece, General Maritime Management (Hellas) Ltd. is the Technical Management Subsidiary of General Maritime Corporation
http://generalmaritimecorp.com/uot2.html

[The Coopster]

Not being a ship's captain, I simply can't understand how you collide with something as large as a tanker.

Did he not see it? Did they not heed the harbormaster?

I know it takes awhile to stop one of these beasts, but c'mon.......

[solitas]

The other tanker, US-based Genmar Kestrel, lost 6,000 barrels of crude oil, Lim said.

Uh oh - the "US-based" tanker spilled more: WE'LL be the ones castigated from now until Doomsday about how the 'Great Satan', not satisfied with spreading democracy, is now poisoning the Mediterranean...