The U.S. Coast Guard announced the publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking designed to increase pollution response preparedness for non-tank vessels carrying oil as fuel upon U.S. waters. The ...

On March 26, Crowley Maritime Corporation christened the eighth of 10 new 185,000-barrel Articulated Tug-Barge (ATB) tank vessels that the company will take delivery of by 2011. The vessels christened ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com Everett firefighters rescued a man from a confined space Tuesday morning ...

The safety record of lightering (the transfer of petroleum cargo at sea from a large tanker to smaller ones) has been excellent in U.S. waters in recent years, as evidenced by the very low rate of ...

This chapter examines the economic viability of the domestic (Jones Act) petroleum transportation industry 1 in light of the double-hull requirements of Section 4115 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ...