It should be noted that the image provided with Briony Penn's excellent article is of neither an Aframax or Panamax tanker as discussed, but rather it is the "Sound Reliance," -an American ATB (Articulated Tug/Barge) tanker, which delivers oil products back and forth between the Kinder Morgan, Chevron and Suncor spigots, and Washington State Refineries. The "Sound Reliance" is amongst the very largest of the ATB tanker fleet which plies between Puget Sound and the Salish Sea. ATB Tankers have a gruesome track record of disasters along the BC Coast, including the wreck of the ATB "Nathan E Stewart" near Bella Bella and the very near wreck of the ATB "Jake Shearer." My predication is that the most likely, most imminent, most inevitable next tanker wreck along the BC Coast will be another one of these American ATB tankers. Here's a picture of the "Sound Reliance" in Burrard Inlet. Cheers, Ingmar
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Is there any demand for Alberta bitumen in Asia?
in Focus Magazine Sept/Oct 2019
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It should be noted that the image provided with Briony Penn's excellent article is of neither an Aframax or Panamax tanker as discussed, but rather it is the "Sound Reliance," -an American ATB (Articulated Tug/Barge) tanker, which delivers oil products back and forth between the Kinder Morgan, Chevron and Suncor spigots, and Washington State Refineries. The "Sound Reliance" is amongst the very largest of the ATB tanker fleet which plies between Puget Sound and the Salish Sea. ATB Tankers have a gruesome track record of disasters along the BC Coast, including the wreck of the ATB "Nathan E Stewart" near Bella Bella and the very near wreck of the ATB "Jake Shearer." My predication is that the most likely, most imminent, most inevitable next tanker wreck along the BC Coast will be another one of these American ATB tankers. Here's a picture of the "Sound Reliance" in Burrard Inlet. Cheers, Ingmar