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Thread #142686   Message #3296737
Posted By: gnu
26-Jan-12 - 01:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: Costa Concordia Sinking-2012
Subject: RE: BS: Costa Concordia Sinking-2012
The ship ran aground twice. My statement was regarding the first time.

"But, Canada, California, Alaska, Hawaii, and some parts of the Mediterranean, require the ships burn cleaner marine diesel fuels, when in their coastal waters."

It's good that they have changed. As of my last day at Marine Atlanic they were still using Bunker C and I was inside some of the shore tanks and they were a mess... you gotta get inside to do a proper inspection and the pitting was shocking. I also walked across the deck of a tanker and got a little freaked out that a 145 pound man walking in front of me could depress the deck in spots and make a "thung" sound. (That was the time I met Cap'n Redeye and his hairless cat Fluffy, who like gin as well.)