Engineer _ ' first ) |
something wrong with‘ ‘the -
‘pressure in. one of the tanks.

It ‘was concluded that

fesstire ‘Was being ‘¢reated

showed that. there was a par- ~:

row gap round a small plate
that was sealed.

"At Vancouver,
Washington, the situation
continued to be monitored
and the Chief Engineer con-
cluded that water getting in-
to the tank in question was
not coming in from ballast
tanks.

" It was then decided that
the ship should be put into

drydock here. Work orders Luzon”

were issued for the job after
consultations between the
ship’s owners and Burrard
Yarrows: Corporation.

- On January 18, 1983, the
Star Luzon was -lifted and
seawater and oil gushed out

of the hole in its hull, over |

the drydock and out into
Burrard Inlet.

Judge Paradis said that a
portion of the boom around
the drydock -had been
removed for repairs prior to
the spill and had not been

tank from. an unknown ‘Star Luzoi nd:

master Captain, Torres, |~

replaced.
On: the matter. of sth

1 ene analysis.”
said.

the owners of the oe and. See : SS ‘ 8 SS °
had therefore,acted. with due’, ‘ieee ii aNis Fee Sts S “ . SSX og Ng
diligence. ee RO

Judge Paradis was
of Burrard ‘Yarro'

operation a
He then hel

acted with due diligence in —
the events leading up to the ©
spill and found the ship not .
*, guilty of the charges:
‘Ruling ‘on the ’ charges ‘
against Burrard Yarrows,
the judge concluded it was .
not a ship and even if it was :
to be towed again it would
be ‘nothing other than cargo
or machinery. He. dismissed ' : WENT sve _ os
the’ charge against the CREE . am | (24 Treatme! Fs ; aa
As, for the. Star Luzon’s -

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