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One secret to his success was an early investment in double-hull tankers, considered safer than the more conventional kind because they have an extra space between the hull and the storage tank.

At Center of U.S. Oil Suit Is Norway Shipping Tycoon Guy Chazan 2011

But the biggest, longest, and most bitter battle by far among oil companies, oil shippers, and the citizens 'oversight council was over the federal mandate for double-hull tankers to replace the riskier single-hull tankers by 2015.

Riki Ott: Singing Praises of Unsung Heroes: The Big One That Didn't Happen 2010

In 2004 one of the shippers affiliated with BP, proposed to reduce the number of tugs escorting double-hull tankers through the Sound as a cost-cutting measure, because the amount of oil flowing through the pipeline has declined.

Riki Ott: Singing Praises of Unsung Heroes: The Big One That Didn't Happen 2010

With the abundance of single-hull tankers available on the market due to new regulations requiring double-hull tankers for oil transport the price of these ships would have made our plan financially feasible.

How About a Real Flotilla for Peace? Stanley M. Chesley And Ronald S. Lauder 2010

To the West Coast it goes in a brand new double-hull US-built, union crewed Jones Act tanker.

If You Oppose Domestic Drilling, You Support Oil Spills - Vladimir’s blog - RedState 2010

At each new twist of the oil lobby, the citizens 'oversight council was there to insist the old promise of double-hull tankers be fulfilled - even after four decades and the nation's largest oil spill.

Riki Ott: Singing Praises of Unsung Heroes: The Big One That Didn't Happen 2010

In November, he considered routing his 27,300-ton, double-hull tanker around Africa instead of through the gulf as it sailed from Indonesia to Spain with 25,000 tons of palm oil.

Hijacked on the High Seas 2009

It is estimated that if the Exxon Valdez had had a double-hull structure, the amount of the spill would have been reduced by more than half.

Exxon Valdez oil spill 2008

Mere months after the tragic spill, John McCain voted against requiring double-hull tankers.

Josh Dorner: Sierra Club RAW: McCain's Greatest Energy Misses Summer Tour 2008

ConocoPhillips and France's Total SA now use only double-hull tankers.

Single-Hull Oil Tankers 2008