From today’s Cargo Business News:
A supertanker cargo of Alaska North Slope crude ASW- is headed for the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, an unusual destination for crude from Alaska, a spokesman for Exxon Mobil’s (XOM.N) shipping affiliate confirmed Wednesday.
The Alaska crude is similar in gravity and sulfur content to some Gulf Coast grades of oil, but there could be nonmarket reasons for the voyage, including retiring the vessel from the Alaska trade. It is the last single-hull ship on that service.
Twenty years after the Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of oil into pristine Prince William Sound, eventually covering 11,000 square miles of ocean, the last single-hull tanker is taken out of service?
And now, a tribute to the U.S. oil & gas lobby:
[...] i shouldn’t be shocked, and yet… (democracyforvancouver.org) [...]