Shipowner Nobu Su is making waves in the US after one of his newest vessels turned up offering at least a partial solution to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

The TMT chief has converted the 320,000-dwt ore oil carrier A Whale delivered by Hyundai Heavy Industries earlier this year into the world’s biggest pollution skimmer.



A whale of a skimmer.
But the Liberian flag vessel clearly does not meet Jones Act requirements so needs a waiver from the US Authorities if it is to be deployed on cleaning up pollution from the Deepwater Horizon rig spill.

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