The blue sludge quivered, shifted up the faintly lined side of the tank vessel.

Echo was a dockyard tank vessel previously named Luda.

Specifically, the Office of Marine Safety adopted regulations requiring tank vessel operators to submit an oil spill prevention plan for state review and approval.

In summary, spills are much more rare but much more serious on tank vessels than on non-tank vessels.

Their sound construction meant that many stayed in service in support roles with a number ending up as gunnery tenders, lighters, tank vessels and dredgers.

All Crowley tank vessels operate under ISM / ISO 9002 standards.

The class was designed to replace the World War II-era Mark 8 Landing Craft Tank vessels in service.

RFA Freshspring was a Fresh-class water tank vessel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Crowley's tank vessels include ships, articulated tug and barge units (ATBs), and conventional tug and barges.

The OSC also must require implementation of the worst case portion of the tank vessel and Facility Response Plans and the Area Contingency Plan.

The court unanimously held that Congress intended the United States Coast Guard to be the sole national authority regarding the design, construction, maintenance and certain operational requirements of tank vessels.

The detailed statistics for 2004 shown in the table below show tank vessels responsible for somewhat less than 5% of the number of total spills but more than 60% of the volume.

The state of Washington did not pursue the remand back to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, but withdrew all of its regulations related to tank vessel oil spill prevention plans.

Later that year, she was transferred to the Atlantic Fleet, and became part of a new amphibious assault squadron with four Landing Ship Tank vessels equipped with helicopter platforms.

In October 1943, the Director of Naval Construction was instructed to prepare plans for a class of Landing Craft Tank vessels suitable for travelling to and operating in the Far East.

Crowley has expanded its petroleum carrying capabilities in recent years with the construction of four new 155,000-barrel articulated tug barge (ATB) tank vessels and ten 185,000-barrel ATBs, the last of which was delivered in 2011.

Shortly after marking Largs Bay for disposal, the British Ministry of Defence contacted the Chilean government and suggested the vessel as a potential replacement for the landing ship tank vessel Valdivia, which was due to leave service.

In addition, the OSC must periodically conduct drills of spill removal capability, including fish and wildlife response capability, without prior notice, in areas for which ACPs are required and under relevant tank vessel and facility response plans.

Although ACTEUR does not have Captain of the Port jurisdiction, we play a key role in the USCG Port State control program for European built cruise ships, foreign flag tank vessels and compressed gas carriers.

A second significant amendment the OPA makes to the CWA is that it makes it a mandatory requirement for U.S tank vessels, onshore and offshore facilities to establish and submit oil spill response plans to the corresponding federal authority.

Over the years, businesses operated by the Frank family of New York and New Jersey have been found guilty of negligently spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil in dozens of incidents, of illegally dumping sewage sludge and of operating tank vessels that were improperly licensed or poorly maintained.