Rudder cracks in Alaska tankers

BP's two new double-hulled Alaska Class oil tankers are out of service following discovery of cracks in the rudders of both vessels. A spokesman for Alaska Tanker Co., which operates the ships, says that the cause of the cracks remains a mystery. The first of the Alaska Class, the Alaskan ...

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