This includes 5 company-owned, double-hulled tankers, each with a million-barrel capacity and state-of-the-art redundant systems for environmental safety. The new double engine, diesel-powered ships came into service and gradually replaced the remaining older steam vessels and the one
The 260 men and women of the Polar Tankers fleet are among the most highly trained mariners in the world. The fleet transports more than 80 million barrels of Alaska North Slope crude oil each year to refineries in Puget Sound, San Francisco, Long Beach, and Hawaii. POLAR DISCOVERY current position and history of port calls are received by AIS. Many of our mariners live in the ports to which our ships sail, so they have a special interest in protecting the waters where they work, live and use the pristine natural resources of those areas. The current position of POLAR DISCOVERY is currently sailing under the flag of USA.
The employees of Polar Tankers take pride in their work. Polar Tankers, a ConocoPhillips subsidiary, sued, arguing that the tax violated the Tonnage Clause of the Constitution, which forbids a state, "without the Consent of Congress, [to] lay any Duty of Tonnage.
Polar Tankers – US West Coast ConocoPhillips owns and operates Polar Tankers, one of the largest oil tanker fleets under the U.S. flag. They are completely double-hulled with fully redundant operating and navigation systems, twin engine rooms – each capable of propelling the vessel at full capacity. The double hull is 3 meters wide, versus the mandated 2 meters, for extra protection for the environment. Polar Class (PC) refers to the ice class assigned to a ship by a classification society based on the Unified Requirements for Polar Class Ships developed by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS).
", The Supreme Court agreed with Polar Tankers. The vessel is en route to the port of Valdez, sailing at a speed of 11.2 knots and expected to arrive there
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Polar Electro Oy (globally known as Polar) is a manufacturer of sports training computers, particularly known for developing the world's first wireless heart rate monitor. The City of Valdez in Alaska imposed a property tax that, in practice, applied only to large oil tankers. Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez, 557 U.S. 1 (2009), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the tonnage clause of the United States Constitution.