“This is “A WHALE” a Taiwanese-owned, Liberian-flagged tanker, she has been modified for skimming up to 500,000 barrels of oil-contaminated water a day. To put this in context, if the system works as intended, it could skim in less than two days an amount of oil equal to all the oil skimmed in the past 7o days of the ongoing Deepwater Horizon spill. The A Whale is designed to operate offshore where most skimmers have difficulty operating. It is currently in Norfolk, VA awaiting approval of separate waivers from the Coast Guard and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to allow it to begin testing. Because the A Whale would be operating well offshore it is not believed to require a Jones Act Waiver.”
“A WHALE” – WORLD’S LARGEST OIL SKIMMER WAITING ON EPA AND COAST GUARD APPROVAL
This website looks like the inside of an angry child’s video game. I hope it’s not addictive