http://www.metafilter.com/tags/supertankers Posts tagged with 'supertankers' at MetaFilter. Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:29:52 -0800 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:29:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/53675/Supertankers%2Din%2Dthe%2DFrench%2DAlps <a href="http://www.portrevel.com/">Port Revel</a> sits at the foot of the French Alps <a href="http://www.portrevel.com/anglais/image/comment/loing.jpg">near Grenoble</a>, France. <a href="http://arthur.degraauw.perso.cegetel.net/Doc%20en%20pdf/History%20PRL.pdf">Since 1967</a> <small>[PDF]</small>, its <a href="http://www.portrevel.com/carte/planlac.htm">landlocked harbor</a> has been <a href="http://www.portrevel.com/anglais/htm/fr_00/fr_pres.htm">the place to go</a> if you want to learn <a href="http://www.portrevel.com/anglais/htm/fr_00/FR_VIDEO.HTM">how to sail</a> a <a href="http://www.portrevel.com/anglais/PDF/fleet.pdf">fleet</a> <small>[PDF]</small> of the world's <a href="http://supertankers.topcities.com/id133.htm">largest ships</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.53675 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:29:52 -0800 alps french grenoble portrevel scalemodels school supertankers cenoxo http://www.metafilter.com/51280/Freedom%2Dof%2Dthe%2DSeas <a href="http://supertankers.topcities.com/id133.htm">Supertankers are so cool.</a> Click previous sentence for more information. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51280 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 09:43:11 -0800 ambrosia big boats crude energy oil peakoil ships supertankers thirteenkiller http://www.metafilter.com/49315/Where%2Ddo%2Dsupertankers%2Dgo%2Dwhen%2Dthey%2Ddie The Chittagong ship-breaking yards in Bangladesh disassemble half of the world's supertankers. Shipbreaking, though profitable, is not particularly <a href="http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/magazine/37/shipyard.htm">safe</a> for either the <a href="http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/protection/safework/sectors/shipbrk/shpbreak.htm">workers in the shipyard</a> or the <a href="http://www.greenpeaceweb.org/shipbreak/bangladesh.asp">surrounding</a> <a href="http://www.pollutedplaces.org/region/south_asia/bangladesh/chittagong.shtml">environment</a>. It does, however, make for <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_janfeb_2006/endoftheline1.html">some</a> <a href="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/locations/ship-breaking.shtml">spectacular</a> <a href="http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/index.html" title="Click on ships in the sidebar.">pictures</a>. Also, pinpoint the location of the shipyard and explore via satellite with <a href="http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile4514/Chittagong-shipbreaking-yard.htm">Google Earth</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.49315 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:04:09 -0800 bangladesh chittagong photography pollution safety shipbreaking ships supertankers monju_bosatsu