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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Shipping industry resistance to double-hulled oil tankers

Shipping industry resistance to double-hulled oil tankers

  • Failure to use double-skinned oil tankers

Broader

Substandard shipping vessels
Excellent
Environmental impacts of shipping
Presentable

Aggravates

Oil spillage
Presentable
Dependence on oil
Unpresentable
Global tension due to oil and petroleum crises
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Shipping risk
Unpresentable
Instability of trade in petroleum and petroleum products
Unpresentable

Reduces

Prohibitive cost of fuel
Unpresentable

Related

Protectionism in the shipping industry
Presentable
Obstacles for international ocean shipping
Presentable

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Defence » Resistance
  • Industry » Industry
  • Resources » Petroleum
  • Societal problems » Failure
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Shipping
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Vessels
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J3551
    DOCID
    12035510
    D7NID
    154810
    Last update
    Jul 15, 2024