As we have touched on before oil has to be transported to its destination in a timely matter in regards to the profits of the company. There are different types of transportation techniques use today that despite all the latest technology has been used for many of years, maybe not the same tools but same concepts. These methods involve the land, and sea two of the oldest ways of transport that even grandpa can understand.
The first method I would like to touch on is by sea using the giant oil tanker. These ships are monumental they of course come in different sizes to support there tasks and the give an example take a look at this image of an oil tanker traveling under the Golden Gate bridge, notice the comparison in size. Take for instance the series of Alaskan ships purchased to transport oil around the Iceberg ridden shores of Alaska. I am sure everyone has seen Titanic right well think of an accident like that but instead of Leonado Dicaprio polluting the ocean imagine all those millions of barrels worth of oil blackening up the coast, and destroying the local ecosystem.
The first method I would like to touch on is by sea using the giant oil tanker. These ships are monumental they of course come in different sizes to support there tasks and the give an example take a look at this image of an oil tanker traveling under the Golden Gate bridge, notice the comparison in size. Take for instance the series of Alaskan ships purchased to transport oil around the Iceberg ridden shores of Alaska. I am sure everyone has seen Titanic right well think of an accident like that but instead of Leonado Dicaprio polluting the ocean imagine all those millions of barrels worth of oil blackening up the coast, and destroying the local ecosystem.
To protect from this disaster these ships are double hulled to protect from possible collision related spills off the coast this ship pictured was built in San Diego it is considered state of the art with a 1 billion dollar price tag to build from scratch. Generally these types of ships can hold about 1.3 billion barrels of oil in the tanks and transport just about anywhere with water access.
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So what do you think of the ships' safety? They certainly cost a lot, but are they designed soundly? And do you really think Leo polluted the ocean, that scrawny little guy?
Watch the little things here...that first paragraph was a bit choppy.
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