South Korea to ban single-hulled tankers after spill - Reuters

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Source: Reuters

South Korea to ban single-hulled tankers after spill
Mon Jan 7, 2008 2:38am EST

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will ban single-hulled
tankers from traveling in its waters by 2011, earlier
than the international regulation that calls for a ban
from 2015, Seoul's maritime ministry said on Monday.

A single-hulled tanker was involved in South Korea's
worst oil spill in December, leaking around 10,500 tons
of crude oil after a seabound crane mounted on a
barge punched holes in the tanker's hull.

As of January, 43 percent of the crude imported into
South Korea was carried by single-hulled tankers.

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This is the first time the ministry has officially set
a time frame for banning the tankers.

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