Posted on October 7, 2020 by Al Bergstein
We need to slow down ships through the Strait. Work has been going on to get this done, but apparently not in time for this young whale.
A young humpback whale who was found dead in the Strait of Juan de Fuca last week was in good health but appears to have been struck in the head before it died, a necropsy has revealed. The dead animal, which has been identified as a male known as Hawkeye or MMX0094, was first spotted on Sept. 27, according to the Pacific Whale Watch Association. (CBC)
Dead humpback found in West Coast waters suffered blunt force trauma, researchers say
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Posted on August 28, 2013 by Al Bergstein
And the other questions not asked, is how much more fuel are these large ships carrying, and are they double hulled?
One of the world’s largest ships arrived at the Port of Tacoma Sunday morning. The Zim Djibouti slipped in at dawn, carrying loads of goods for big box stores. The vessel is 10,000 TEUs in size, meaning it holds 5,000 shipping containers. When the Zim Djibouti appeared on Sunday, fresh from a port in Vancouver, B.C., containers were 18 across on its upper deck. The ship is part of a new wave of cargo ships emerging from Asian shipyards. They’re super-sized to save fuel costs. Carolyn Adolph reports.
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