backlog at the houston ship channel : 無料・フリー素材/写真
backlog at the houston ship channel / eschipul
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | I have never seen this many ships off the coast of Galveston waiting to enter the ship channel. My theory is they are diverted ships avoiding the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.From the news on the BP Oil Spill:"Oil is escaping from the well at a rate of 5,000 barrels a day, five times faster than previously estimated, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. That could fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in three days and would exceed the 1989 spill caused by the Exxon Valdez in Alaska by the third week of June. The fuel is already washing up on the coast of Louisiana, forcing shipping restrictions on the Mississippi River.The slick may cause tankers to be diverted, tying up ships, bolstering rates and spurring owners to seek compensation for having to clean their vessels, said Ben Goggin, a freight derivatives broker at SSY Futures Ltd., a unit of the world’s second-largest shipbroker.Derivatives tied to the cost of shipping West African crude to the U.S. jumped on speculation tankers will be delayed as they avoid the slick, he said." |
| 撮影日 | 2010-05-02 17:49:14 |
| 撮影者 | eschipul , Houston, TX, US |
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