Just Missing the Boat.

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    • Subject Terms:
      TANKERS; MARINE accidents; SHIPWRECKS; OIL pollution of the sea
    • Abstract:
      Focuses on the wreck of the Prestige, a single-hull oil tanker that sank off the coast of Spain. Nationality of its crew, owners and flag; Reasons why the accident could have been avoided, including several regulations on substandard vessels which would have prevented the accident; Passage of the Erika measures, which would have grounded the Prestige in 2005.