And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:40:43 -0800
>From: arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>ADate: 16/02/99 4:30:37 PM
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>Subject: THE FATE OF THE NEW CARISSA (part 2)
>
> THE FATE OF THE NEW CARISSA part 2
> By Arthur J. Miller
>
> Most of the bunker oil that leaked from the ship did not wash up on the
>beaches, rather it sunk to the ocean floor. Bunker oil, when it is not
>heated, is thick like tar. So what is not washed up will sink to the
>bottom killing all marine life that it covers. As time passes on some of it
>will slowly wash up onto the beach. Some of the bunker oil will break up
>into smaller balls of oil. These balls of oil have been found as far as 50
>miles to the north and are getting close to the Sea Lion Caves.
> Along with the bunker oil, a good deal of diesel fuel was spilled. Both
>caused a fuel slick on the water inwhich some of it had made its way
>into Coos Bay threating the shell fish industry there.
> I left Coos Bay after four days because the company I worked for
>wanted me to head back up north to pick up another truck loaded with
>equipment. I took one last look at the broken up ship and the stern was
>listing at about 20 degress and it seemed to me that within time it would
>capsize. The bow was anchored and had been moving with the tides.
>From what I heard they plan to tow both parts of the ship out as far as
>they can and let it sink.
> I cannot write about this without also writing about what causes such
>disasters. Ships have always been at danger upon the oceans of the
>world. But in the last 20 years that danger has increased. The reason for
>that is, what are called "flags of convenience ships". To get away from
>safety, environmental, and labor laws and labor unions, many ship
>owners register their ships in countries that have little or no maritime
>regulations. The three countries that most of these ships are reistered
>in are Panama, the Bahamas and Liberia. These ships are not maintain
>well, are not inspected very often and the grews are made up of the
>lowest paid workers that can be found. Basically these are cheap ships
>that the owners keep sailing until they sink or breakdown some where
>and are often abandoned, sometimes with the crew still aboad with no
>way to get back home. Many of these ships have such an tangled web
>of ownership that it is hard to find out who the real owner is. Many times
>they can only be traced back to a Post Office Box in the country they
>are registered in.
> The New Carissa is registered in Panama, but the Panamanian
>company is nothing more than a post office box. Then it seems to go
>from there to a company in the Philippines which is owned by the
>Japanese shipping conglomerate Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
> Nine times out of ten the ship that is involve in a maritime disaster
>is a "flag of convenience" ship with a non-union crew. The importance of
>union crews, beyond the well-being of the workers, is that they are
>experienced and will not sail a dangerous ship.
> With the increased danger in the maritime industry what has the U.S.
>Government done about it? Without increasing the size of the U.S.
>Coast Guard (matter of fact they have cut funds to the Coast Guard) the
>government in the '80s redirected the Coast Guard into their so-called
>"war on drugs". This has meant far fewer ships are inspected and there
>is a great reduction in the Coast Guard's ability to respond in an
>emergency.
> And last there is ship construction. It is possible to build ships that
are
>earth friendly, but they are not built that way. They are built as cheap as
>possible for maximum profit for the owners. This is something that I
>know about because I have worked over 20 as a marine pipefitter and
>sometimes as a shipfitter.
> What the human made disasters of the world come down to is the
>disaster of the so-called civilization we live in. The values of power and
>greed have been placed as the prime motivation in our world. If profit can
>be made the effects upon the people and Mother Earth have little
>concern to the profiteers. That is why we live out of bounce with Mother
>Earth and we find ourselves in conflict with her. In time if we do not
>change the way we live our world will be nothing more than what the
>New Carissa has become.
>
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