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• Knock Nevis, ex-Jahre Vicking, ex-Seawise Giant, the Largest Tanker Ever Built, Sold to Asian Owners

  
  Old Salt Blog - a virtual port of call for all those who love the sea — Authority: 502
  How big is too big?  During World War II, T2 tankers were the standard oil tanker, carrying just under 17,000 dwt. By 1960, oil tankers had crossed the 100,000 dwt threshold and by the mid 70s, 250,000 dwt Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) were the norm.  In 1979 the Ultra Large Crude Carrier, (ULCC), Seawise ...
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• Su-30s Swarm To North Africa

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  Russia has completed delivery of 28 Su-30MKA fighters to Algeria. These were ordered three years ago. Algeria has also bought 22 Su-24 bombers and six Il-78 aerial tankers. There was also a purchase of 28 MiG-29 fighters, but this turned into a major scandal. Russian prosecutors recently tried and convicted several ...
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• Again, Boeing v. Airbus in Tanker War III

  
  The Platform — Authority: 519
  In this corner, the Boeing KC-767 Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Sometime in the next few weeks, the Pentagon will release its final bid specifications for a new generation of Air Force refueling tankers. Wait. Didn’t that happen in 2002?…
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• Faced with counter insurgency operation, ULFA cadres step up atrocities in Assam

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Guwahati, Nov.27 (ANI): Following the ongoing counter-insurgency operation the militants have stepped up atrocities in Assam. In the latest incident, twin blasts rocked the Nalbari district of Assam on Sunday (Nov.22) leaving eight persons dead and over 60 injured. Earlier, 12 oil tankers of a goods train were set ...
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• Germany’s top soldier quits over Afghanistan raid

  
  Joejolly's Weblog — Authority: 137
  Germany’s top soldier has resigned over allegations of a cover-up related to a deadly Nato air strike in Afghanistan. BBC News November 26, 2009 Wolfgang Schneiderhan’s move followed reports that key information about the 4 September action was withheld, the defence minister said. The strike, which was ...
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• NATO chief seeks troops for Afghanistan amid German crisis (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Berlin, Nov 26 (DPA) NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday that European states would have to send more troops to Afghanistan, as a scandal over civilian casualties in the country rocked the German government.Two of Germany’s highest military officials resigned and a former defence minister came ...
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• NATO Oil Tankers Fire Doused

  
  All World News - PakMahfil.com — Authority: 164
  JAFARABAD, Pakistan News: At least four oil tankers carrying fuel for Nato forces in Afghanistan were destroyed and one driver killed near Quetta early on Tuesday. The attack took place before dawn in Dera Allah Yar, a small town located near the border between the provinces of Balochistan and Sindh. Up to eight ...
  5 days ago

• NATO Oil Tankers Fire Doused

  
  A Pakistan News — Authority: 586
  JAFARABAD, Pakistan News: At least four oil tankers carrying fuel for Nato forces in Afghanistan were destroyed and one driver killed near Quetta early on Tuesday. The attack took place before dawn in Dera Allah Yar, a small town located near the border between the provinces of Balochistan and Sindh. Up to eight ...
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• NATO supply vehicles torched in Jafarabad

  
  Pakistan News | News, Videos, Articles, Current Affairs, Politics, Entertainment, Technology | Geo TV | Dawn | The News | Ten Sports | Geo Super | India News — Authority: 456
  JAFARABAD: Unknown miscreants, having ambushed the NATO supply vehicles, have torched them on Sindh-Balochistan bypass in Dera Allah Yar area of Jafarbad on late Monday, Geo news reported. According to police sources, the ambush took place as the NATO supply vehicles were passing through Sindh-Balochistan bypass when ...
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• Take action to protect BCs coast from oil spills

  
  Moldy Chum — Authority: 133
  Chinese, Korean, and other oil companies are on the verge of signing a deal that could make oil tankers on BCs coast a reality. The tankers would be picking up Alberta tar sands oil delivered via a proposed pipeline to a tanker port at Kitimat. The Dogwood Initiative has put together a campaign to protest the tanker ...
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• Cruise ship publicity: fuelling the flames or smoke and mirrors?

  
  Captain Greybeard - Travel Advice - Mirror.co.uk — Authority: 130
  Royal Caribbean must have been delighted that their coup in getting Mail on Sunday travel editor Frank Barrett on board Oasis of the Seas a week before the rest of the British media resulted in three lavish pages in the papers travel section. The cruise line has been cranking up the publicity machine for the biggest ...
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• How 16 ships create as much pollution as all the cars in the world

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  Last week it was revealed that 54 oil tankers are anchored off the coast of Britain, refusing to unload their fuel until prices have risen. But that is not the only scandal in the shipping world. Today award-winning science writer Fred Pearce – environmental consultant to New Scientist and author of Confessions Of An ...
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• A Fire Photo Treat

  
  Firegeezer.com — Authority: 490
  Larry always has terrific photos and a lot of our regular readers always enjoy viewing his extensive galleries of his fire coverage.
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• So apparently there are 50 oil tankers just hanging out in the ocean, waiting for oil prices to go up

  
  Topblank — Authority: 165
  So apparently there are 50 oil tankers just hanging out in the ocean, waiting for oil prices to go up
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• Four Fire Companies Respond To Chestertown Blaze

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 493
  CHESTERTOWN—-Chestertown firemen and rescue personnel have been called to a fully involved structure fire on White Schoolhouse Road.The fire was reported about 7 p.m. at a residence under construction next to 119 White Schoolhouse Road.Tankers from Pottersville, Horicon and Riverside were dispatched under mutual aid ...
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• Poconos Furniture Store Fire Declared an Arson

  
  Firegeezer.com — Authority: 490
  PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE HAVE DECLARED a fire that burned down a soon-to-be-opened furniture store Friday night/Saturday morning [...]
  2 weeks ago

• After Jaipur tragedy IOC started safety audit of all its operating depots, terminals and plants in the country

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 452
  With lessons from the devastating fire that gutted the IOC depot here at the Sitapura industrial area, the company has decided to begin a safety audit of all its operating depots, terminals and plants in the country. According to N Srikumar,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in for ...
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• Gunmen torch NATO tankers in Pakistan, kill driver

  
  AIndiaNews.com — Authority: 158
  QUETTA: Suspected Taliban militants on Friday torched five trucks carrying fuel from Pakistan to NATO forces in neighbouring Afghanistan, killing a driver, police said. The attack took place at Bolan pass, some 70 kilometres (40 miles) south of Quetta, the capital of oil and gas-rich Baluchistan province bordering ...
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• Nato Oil Tankers Gutted in Bolan

  
  All World News - PakMahfil.com — Authority: 164
  MACHH, Pakistan: Nato Oil Tankers Gutted in Bolan, Unidentified attackers in Machh area of district Bolan fired rockets at tankers supplying oil to the Nato forces in Afghanistan. A driver was killed in the attack, while five oil tankers were gutted in the incident
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• Loch Striven ship dump: rolling story

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 488
  Update 18.00 12th November: Maersk Maryland and Maersk Maine are now both in port in Algeciras in the south of Spain. Both are showing Greenock as their next destination, with an ETA of midday on 16th November for Maine and 6.00pm on the same day for Maryland. This supports the information given by Stew in [...]
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