Risk of potential oil tanker spill ‘close to zero' — experts

Following the Exxon Valdez disaster, the U.S. government enacted rules – adopted later by Canada – requiring all oil tankers coming into North American waters to be double-hulled and compartmentalized

“We’re more concerned about all the other types of vessels that have bunker [fuel] on them. Some of those large grain carriers you see out in English Bay, some of them have 10,000 tonnes of bunker on them.

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