Ship that spilled oil in SF Bay blames U.S. (The Charlotte Observer) :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
Posted: 2008-06-15A container ship's owner blames the U.S. government for a major San Francisco Bay oil spill last year because the ship's pilot was granted a license despite a history of drug and alcohol abuse. A lawsuit filed earlier by the Justice Department claims the owner and the pilot of the Cosco Busan broke environmental laws when the ship struck a bridge support and spilled 53,000 gallons of oil in the ...