[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Oh no. Thats bad.

We need to make sure the ships handling this kind of Cargo are double hulled. Spain and Portugal are poor countries. Perhaps they shouldn't be hauling such an environmentally dangerous cargo if they can't afford the proper equipment to do it in.

Everyone knows what happened with the Exxon Valdez. Or do they live in a cave?

Cargo Ships that carry Oil or other dangerous materials, need to be double hulled, period.

[NormsRevenge]

A double hull would never do this..

Tue Nov 19,10:35 AM ET

The Bahamas-registered Prestige oil tanker is seen broken in two some 150 miles off Spain's coast in the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday Nov. 19, 2002. The stricken tanker carrying 20 million gallons, of oil split in two Tuesday and its back end sank threatening an environmental disaster off the northwest coast of Spain and Portugal. (AP Photo/EFE, Pool)

[rustbucket]

Cargo Ships that carry Oil or other dangerous materials, need to be double hulled, period.

An argument can be made against double hull tankers. I've heard it said that the space between the hulls can get filled with explosive gases, raising the risk of catastrophy. Perhaps filling the space with some sort of foam could solve that problem.

Double hull tankers may cut the risk, but they don't eliminate it. There was a large spill involving a double hull tanker about 8-10 years ago in Europe.