The ship reported it had a gash in its single hull and some of its cargo of 70, 000 tons of fuel oil had started gushing out.

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Owners, he argues, will be forced to scrap older, single-hull ships at an accelerating rate because of tougher environmental regulations.

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But lower demand will be offset by a scheme to phase out single-hull ships on environmental and safety grounds in European and North Atlantic waters.

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Sudden puffs can cause stern steerers to rock up on a single forward skate, like a catamaran flying a hull, until the skipper can manage to wrestle the giant craft back down.

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But they also warned inner city areas of London, Nottingham, Hull and Manchester, which commonly had young populations with unhealthy habits and high levels of single-parent families, were likely to face serious problems in the future.

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Deuce is a stern steerer, so called because the vehicle is steered via a single pivoting skate fixed to the back end of a long central spine analogous to a boat's hull.

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