Essays on Oil Tanker

- Global Statistics on Oil Spill and the Nigeria River Delta Despite recent advancements in shipbuilding technology, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has become one of the most recently publicized environmental fiascos in 2010. In the 1970s the number of oil tanker accidents has decreased significantly (i.e. below 138,000 tons of oil inputs in the ocean). The results were even better in 2009 where the amount of oil entering the ocean is estimated at about 63,000 tons (Jernelov, 2010). However, mishaps in tankers are not the only source of oil spill in ...

The Valdez Oil Spill and the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill

Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker ship that measured 987 feet, this tanker had an oil spill on 24th of March 1989 in Prince William Sound of Alaska. This oil spill, at that time was deemed “the most devastating human caused accident, which shook every pillar of the environmental ecosystem.” (Raunekk and Swagatam, 2010). Another oil spill occurred in recent future events that cause devastating damage to the environment, on the 20th of April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig had an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil spills according to Sevhoo (2013), are caused, at least ...

- The base description of biofuels as an easily found national resource is a supported fact in many cases (Bringezuk 2009). Alongside this ease of acquisition will be an accompanying ease of security, this is correctly addressed in the answer as well. However, the fundamental abuse of biodiesel in the maritime transport industry itself has not been credibly represented. While the use of biofuels does have the capacity to create jobs, there is emerging science that indicates that there substantial potential for abuse and pollution (Bringezuk 2009). Demirbas (2006) illustrates the many benefits that include the creation of jobs ...