If Intertanko comes up with a controversial idea that tankers should have a spare empty tank to receive oil from another ruptured tank, blame or credit should go to a bunch of school kids.
The spare tank idea was one of several tricky questions thrown at an Intertanko team in an online debate with children in schools around Britain. The tanker owners' side, after arguing about dead freight, was forced to concede it was an idea not without its merits.
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