TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE AND THE NATIONAL OCEAN POLICY STUDY ON RECENT TANKER ACCIDENTS

An analysis is made of losses of oil carriers worldwide including a table showing the loss ratio of 15 nations from 1964 to 1977. The routine discharge of oil into the ocean by tankers is also discussed. A program is recommended to improve the performance of all tankers over 10,000 deadweight tons operating in U.S. controlled waters and included the following: provide casualty records to charterers and authorities; require all tanker officers to demonstrate their competency on simulators; retrofit segregated ballast tanks (SBT) on existing tankers; prohibit putting water in cargo tanks; and fit double hulls on future new tankers.

• Corporate Authors:

  Tanker Advisory Center

  315 West 70th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10023
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 6 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Ships); Casualties; Crash investigation; Crashes; Fatalities; Marine safety; Oil tankers; Pollution control; Safety; Standards; Statistics; Tankers; Water transportation crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safety standards
• Old TRIS Terms: Casualty data; Collision statistics; Double bottom tankers; Segregated ballast tankers; Ship casualties; Tanker casualties; Tanker collisions; Tanker pollution prevention; Tanker safety
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149575
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Tanker Advisory Center
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM