http://gcaptain.disqus.com/A blog about ships!enFri, 07 Dec 2007 12:34:57 -0000http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/south-korea-tanker-incident-81000-barrel-oil-spill/#comment-1344115I just talked with Wiley at CRUCIAL, Inc <a href="http://www.crucialinc.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.crucialinc.com/</a> and for about $100,000 it would be possible. <br><br>A drop in the bucket in comparison to the millions $$$ for an environmental clean-up. The ship owners need to figure this in the cost with the million it cost to build a vessel at the shipyard<br><br><a href="http://gcaptain.com/maritime/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=170&amp;page=1#Item_0" rel="nofollow">http://gcaptain.com/maritime/forum/comments.php...</a>John AstadFri, 07 Dec 2007 12:34:57 -0000http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/south-korea-tanker-incident-81000-barrel-oil-spill/#comment-1344113Good point John, you could just launch the FRB and drive it around the ship but would take a huge locker for the boom.BBFri, 07 Dec 2007 12:02:42 -0000http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/south-korea-tanker-incident-81000-barrel-oil-spill/#comment-1344110Looks like after the rash of oil spills recently the shipping industry needs to institute a proactive stance in mitigating spills.<br><br>For example carrying oil booms on the vessel in a spill response locker on a reel. A boom the length of the vessel would be an added expense but would assist in rapidly containing the spill until the skimmer clean-up vessels arrive. <br><br>Such a spill response system under ideal weather conditions like the Cosco Busan incident would of been ideal.John AstadFri, 07 Dec 2007 11:53:51 -0000