This is the first recent book to lift the lid off the crude oil
tanker industry and to demonstrate that, contrary to general
opinion, crude oil tankers are the safest and most regulated
business/industry in the world. As an ex-supertanker navigating and
deck officer, the author saw for himself during two recent voyages
how ships were operated on a daily basis and everything was
recorded exactly as it happened. These findings are important to
all who wish to know what happens aboard the thousands of tankers
that transport the vast quantities of unrefined oil used for the
diverse essential commodities in our daily lives. Other issues are
confronted such as the efforts made by the industry to deal with
flag states and sub-standard operators that do not readily conform
to international laws and conventions; the examination of
double-hulled tanker construction; the protection of tanks against
rusting and corrosion; water ballast transference; cutting
greenhouse emissions and sea pollution prevention, including the
environmentally-safe dispersal of marine growths on the hull. Light
is cast upon a number of topical issues such as international
piracy; concern with the worldwide fall in numbers of officers and
ratings; up-to-date methods of securing their training; safety on
board ship and the navigation of the tankers themselves, along with
the latest efforts to regulate ship breaking on Asian beaches. The
determined efforts of the crude oil tanker industry including its
proactive initiatives to make each tanker safe and efficient at sea
provide a fascinating account which is at times surprisingly
dramatic.
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