July 13, 2007
Tide Isn't High Enough For Fuel Tanker
The fuel tanker, the White Sea, that ran aground near the Ambrose Channel off Coney Island and Sandy Hook, NJ, yesterday morning, is still stuck in the waters. An attempt to dislodge the 800-foot ship carrying over half a million barrels of "low-sulfur fuel oil" failed last night, so the Coast Guard began plans to "lighten" (remove) 110,000 barrels of fuel after the ship couldn't be moved. Coast Guard officials are hopeful that it can be dislodged during tonight's high tide around 8PM.
The Coast Guard says that the ship's steering system failed and the White Sea ran into what the Sun calls a "hard sandbar." There were no injuries reported and ship is not leaking, but its hull did sustain two breaches to ballast water tanks (divers will inspect damage this morning). A containment boom was launched by the ship, and there are additional booms available from the Coast Guard in case a spill does occur. Tugboats and the Coast Guard are guarding the ship, and the NYPD, FDNY, and Office of Emergency Management are monitoring the situation.
The ship is owned by Singapore-based Tanker Pacific; the ship was headed from Bayonne to Singapore. The Coast Guard says that no other ships were being delayed by the grounding.
Photograph of people enjoying a day at the beach, with the tanker in the background, by Kathy Willens/AP
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I love how you put "low sulfur fuel oil" in quotes like Dr. Evil talking about lasers.
All I ask for are a few frickin' tankers with some frickin' "low sulfer fuel oil"--is that too much?
Are they ill tempered?
This is what I said yesterday....
Pump out the oil to decrease the draft of the tanker...
It's a new moon (1% full), of course the High-tide isn't enough...
Umm....new moon and full moon are spring tides, when the tide would be highest. Look it up.
What is oil doing being shipped from Bayonne to Singapore? Does the US export oil to Singapore, or is that just the delivery point for oil bought on the NYMEX?
Umm... i stand corrected.
Who's the dip shit now? Ass.
^fuck you!
Hey guys, calm down..!
edEx thinks he has a constitutional right not to be corrected.
umm... yeah... at least i have the courage to say i was wrong about the new moon... that's more than i can say for most you nit-wits.
I'm gonna tell Jen on you
umm... yeah... at least i have the courage to say i was wrong about the new moon... that's more than i can say for most you nit-wits.
Typical New Yorker. Admits he's wrong by insulting everyone.
^Typical second-grade reading comprehension skills:
My initial "admission" was not following by any insults...
it was the insults that followed hat warranted my defense.
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Umm... i stand corrected.
[8] Posted by: edEx | July 13, 2007 10:11 AM
Umm...is that Shia LaBeouf?