A spill of more than 10,000 tonnes is likely to occur once every 242 years.
oil tankers
July 18, 2018
9:40AM
Bill C-48 includes a moratorium on most large oil tankers loading or unloading on Canada’s West Coast.
June 5, 2018
11:09AM
Bill C-69 would completely overhaul how major energy projects are reviewed by government in Canada.
August 19, 2016
8:21AM
Moving oil by rail is 4.5 times more likely to result in an incident or accident than moving that same oil by pipeline.
October 30, 2014
11:00AM
The Simushir, a Russian-flagged cargo vessel is the newest cause celebre of anti-tanker activists out in British Columbia.
July 20, 2012
2:00AM
Iran is making lots of noise about closing the Strait of Hormuz, the vital international waterway that carries 17 million barrels of oil every day35 percent of the crude oil transported by sea. The control of the Persian Gulf region is in Irans hands, Iranian naval chief Habibollah Sayyari ominously warns. This follows news that the Iranian parliament is mulling legislation to block tanker traffic through the strait, which comes on the heels of Sayyaris boast late last year that closing the strait would be easier than drinking a glass of water.