Bavdelta Maritime: It's all about the kiDS

摘要

The San Francisco Bay Area has a long history of intense competition amongst tug and ship-docking companies. Years ago, when rates were set by a tugs horsepower, one well-known firm is reported to have had engine plates made up with inflated horsepower. In the days of single-screw tugs, anotlier company was noted for buying older tugs and repowering them with die biggest engine that would fit in the hull. But that was all before the Exxon Valdez spill and the advent of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA'90) and escort requirements and regulations. As regulations have become more stringent and liabilities more challenging, the nations ports continue to refine defini-tions of "best available technology" as required in the OPA '90 regulations.