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To: stockman_scott who wrote (57842)	11/19/2002 3:11:45 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Scott, most of the world would agree it is an outrage. However, where is the UN here???? The US doesn't make the rules....as so many here even on this board, remind us on a daily basis. Bahamas-flagged Prestige The Prestige, owned by Mare Shipping Inc., of the Bahamas American Bureau of Shipping, a Houston-based registration company The vessel, built in 1976, is operated by the Greece-based Universe Maritime, Ltd., last annual survey was carried out in Dubai in May, and a full drydock inspection was carried out in China in May, 2001, ABS said. The tanker's Greek captain, Apostolus Maguras, was jailed Why do we still allow OLD oil tankers with SINGLE HULLS to transport any oil on the high seas.??...This is an international outrage...Didn't we learn after the Exxon Valdez oil spill...??