UN Maritime Agency Raises Safety Concerns About Shadow Oil Tanker Fleet April 3, 2023 By Alaric Nightingale and Thomas Gualtieri A United Nations agency that oversees shipping raised concerns about the shadow fleet of tankers that has emerged to transport...
Aging Shadow Fleet, Shipping Russian Oil, Poses Disaster Risk March 27, 2023 By Asad Zulfiqar The oil tanker Turba normally should have been melted down by now. The 26-year-old vessel hasn’t had a full inspection...
Ship Inspectors Conduct Virtual Inspections of Oil Tankers During Pandemic May 27, 2020 By Jonathan Saul Ship assessors are resorting to virtual inspections of oil tankers to keep vessels afloat, as the coronavirus pandemic makes physical...
U.S. Issues Final Oil Train Safety Rules July 31, 2015 By David Morgan The Obama administration on Wednesday released a new regulation intended to prevent explosive rail disasters such as the 2013 oil...
Oil, Rail Firms Propose Phasing Out Old Tank Cars July 15, 2014 By Jim Snyder and Thomas Black The oil industry and the railroads that haul its crude have offered U.S. regulators a joint plan to phase out...