Tag: tanker
15 killed in accident on Mumbai-Pune expressway
A jeep carrying marriage party met an accident at in the western Indian town of Pune today and all the occupant were killed, three surviving are struggling for their life in hospital. "Fifteen people belonging to a marriage party were killed and three others injured...
Scotland brings in extra oil amid strike
About 10 days worth of oil has been called in to make up for shortages caused by the two-day oil refinery strike in Grangemouth, Scotland. Staff are expected to return to work Tuesday morning."Extra fuel supplies...
KC-767 ‘Less Risk for Warfighters, Taxpayers’
The Boeing KC-767 would be a lower-risk aerial refueling tanker for the American military and taxpayers than the Airbus A330-based KC-30, and it would be superior in the areas of cost, production, schedule and capability.An analysis of the evaluation that led to the choice of...
Police arrest man for siphoning 300 gallons of gr...
"An Illinois man was arrested for allegedly stealing from a Morgan Hill fast food restaurant. But it wasn't money or even burgers. Police say he stole used cooking oil. David Richardson, 49, allegedly siphoned 300...
Fiery jet Fuel Tanker Crash Closes I-91 Outside B...
Details are still emerging, but it appears a fuel tanker travelling North on I-91 in Chicopee, just West of Boston was involved in a serious accident. Several cars were involved and the fire was still burning an hour...
Power cut as severe storm batters Britain
It's raining cats and dogs out there!" Winds of more than 80mph are battering parts of the UK, as what forecasters have called an "exceptional" storm sweeps through the British Isles. Traffic chaos: Read the latest...
Oil tanker capsizes in Binh Thuan, ten missing
"VietNamNet Bridge – The oil tanker Duc Tri upturned off the coast of Binh Thuan Province. Ten sailors are missing and over 1,700 tons of oil is threatening to spread along the southern coast.
The ship was on its way from HCM City to the central city of Da Nang when...
Train derails in Southern California, acid clouds...
NowPublic member riken reports from the scene:
Hi, yes the news are true. I work in Coachella a mere 4 miles from this Mecca Town. My local High school is hosting families that were evacuated from the area and they're staying here...
Indonesia warship nabs Cambodian-flagged tanker
Biak, Papua (ANTARA News) - An Indonesian warship, the KRI Tjiptadi, commanded by Major Haris Bima Bayuseto nabbed a Cambodian-flagged motor tanker (MT), the Yon Shun, in the Arafuru Sea on Sunday (Jan. 27), an official said.The motor tanker carrying 1,060 tons of diesel fuel...
Nigerian fuel tanker blast has roasted at least 3...
"PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria - At least 30 people were killed and shops and vehicles destroyed Saturday when a fuel tanker exploded in Port Harcourt, the hub of Nigeria's multi-billion-dollar oil industry and a target of attacks by militants.
"The incident happened at Eleme...
"30 Killed" in Nigerian Tanker Truck Explosion
"At least 30 people have died after an oil tanker exploded on a road in Nigeria, according to reports.
The incident, on the outskirts of regional capital Port Harcourt on the west African state's southern coast,...
Boeing, Northrop submit tanker bids
St. Louis (ANTARA News) - Aerospace manufacturers Boeing Co. and rival Northrop
Grumman Corp. on Thursday submitted their final bids for a $40 billion U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tanker deal.
The two companies are vying for the deal to replace 179 KC-135
Stratotankers,...
Fuel seeps from capsized fuel tanker at Indonesia...
""There is a very small quantity of fuel that has leaked out of the ship, but we already have rubber oil booms in place around the tanker," port master Rocky Ahmad Suherman told AFP, adding that the fuel was thought...
"Sea of Oil" off South Korea Coast
A massive tanker spill has dumped more than ten thousand tons of oil into the Yellow Sea off the coast of South Korea. According to officials, it is South Korea's worst oil spill, and massive efforts are underway to stem the environmental damage."South Korea's largest oil...
Gas tanker blows up in Boston
If anyone witnessed this event, coverage would be greatly appreciated."(CNN) -- At least 200 people were evacuated from their homes, including 84 residents of an apartment building for the elderly, after a tanker...
