On the drive to South Portland this morning to get bagels (I love you 158 Pickett Street Cafe), I saw a surprising oil tanker in port – the Dubai Star!
You might recall that Portland is the largest oil port on the East Coast (thank you Portland–Montreal Pipe Line).
When I got home I did a little research on the tanker, I guess it’s bad PR when the first article one finds is “Oil spills into S.F. Bay south of Bay Bridge.”
Then I found this photo:
Boats gather oil spilled by the Dubai Star oil tanker, background, off the coast of San Francisco on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The Panamanian-flagged ship began leaking bunker fuel during a fuel transfer Friday morning. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Gah!
So yeah, that’s what’s in Casco Bay right now.
Tags: Dubai, Panama, Portland, San Francisco Chronicle