Hello al1722-ga,
According to Allen & Unwin, Publisher 2002 of the year, there are 5000
oil tankers worldwide.
“.. any second in time there are 5000 oil tankers on the oceans of the
world. Accidents happen. Investigate the methods used by authorities
to clean up oil spills.”
Source: ALLEN & Unwin: Teacher’s Notes
http://www.allen-unwin.com.au/Teaching/trstate.asp
In 1999, according to Ann Rothe, the head the public interest law firm
Trustees for Alaska, there were 3,294 tankers worldwide.
ABC News 1999: Keeping Oil on Board by By David Phinney
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/exxonvaldez990323_laws.html
Additional information that may interest you:
Oil Spill Statistics:
Since 1974 ITOPF, a non-profit organization, funded by the vast
majority of the world's shipowners, has maintained a database of oil
spills from tankers, combined carriers and barges. This covers all
accidental spillages except those resulting from acts of war.
Itopf provides data on the Number of oil spills and total amount
spilt, major oil spills – year, location and ship name and maps and
pie charts.
ITOPF Oil Spill Statistics
http://www.itopf.com/stats.html
You may download this publication here:
http://www.itopf.com/datapack2002.pdf
Country profiles may downloaded here:
http://www.itopf.com/country_profiles/profiles/download.html
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