As the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Committee on Gas Hazards votes on the First Draft of the next edition of NFPA 306, Standard for the Control of Gas Hazards on Vessels, the ...

Applicability: Non-tank vessels of 400 gt or more of any flag, which are self-propelled, carrying oil of any kind as fuel, and bound for a port or place in the U.S. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has ...

Everett firefighters rescued a man from a confined space Tuesday morning after he fell into a tank on a rail-container vessel in dry dock. It happened at a shipyard in the 2800 block of Terminal ...

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 ...