Hopes ride on giant skimmer
China Daily | Updated: 2010-07-05 08:12
NEW ORLEANS - The latest hopes to clean up oil near the spewing well in the Gulf of Mexico are riding on a massive new skimmer.
A 48-hour test of the Taiwanese vessel dubbed A Whale began Saturday and was to continue through Sunday.
TMT Shipping created what is billed as the world's largest oil skimmer by converting an oil tanker after the April 20 explosion sent millions of gallons of crude spilling into the Gulf.
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