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   On 4/14/2015 11:15 AM, JM wrote:   
   > pøliticoßoy wrote:   
   >> . . . Setting the pattern for any oil spills that might occur   
   >> in future. Certainly can't rely on the Harper government for any help -   
   >> unless it's to close the very Coast Guard stations that monitor these types   
   >> of disasters.   
   >> British Columbians were right to fear Enbridge and Kinder   
   >> Morgan.  This was a *new* ship that fouled and contaminated   
   >> Vancouver's beaches.  'Double hulled' be damned.   
   >   
   >   
   > I regret this incident as much as you do. This being said, it would help to   
   get   
   > your facts right.   
   > 1. The /Marathassa/ is a bulk carrier. It came to Vancouver to load grain at   
   > one of the grain elevators in Burrard Inlet, something that has been done for   
   > numerous years. In a previous post, you mentioned that this ship was a   
   > "tanker", i.e. a vessel built to carry petroleum products. Slight difference.   
   > 2. Here you mention "double hulled". We agree that "double hulling" will be   
   > compulsory for tankers. Do you know for a fact that this requirement applies   
   to   
   > bulk grain carriers also? Personally, I have not heard anything of the sort.   
      
      
   Did you perhaps figure out that they can *all* leak oil?   
      
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