Transport committee  It depends on the volume that you have as well. It would have to be a tanker where the persistent.... If it's 12,500, as long as it's non-persistent oil, if it's only light diesel and that's the only product being carried, then that would be permitted. If it is carrying persisten

Transport committee  I think it's important that this moratorium act is an additional precautionary measure, and it is one of multiple measures that are in place. There is the tanker exclusion zone, and laden oil tankers from Alaska to west coast ports and the northeastern United States do abide by

Transport committee  Currently, there's a mix of different petroleum products. There are persistent and non-persistent products that are going up and down. The moratorium in that schedule we have in this act are specifically pertaining to persistent oil products. What has been used there is an intern

Transport committee  In vessels over 12,500 metric tons...?

Transport committee  Actually, I would welcome you to refer to that study I referred to earlier that we undertook on community and industry resupply because it looks very specifically at the types of products, ranging from slack wax, liquid pitch, and petroleum diesel. There are a variety of products

Transport committee  I don't have a specific number because there are quite a number of different various-sized tugs and barges that go. For the actual specifics, to be able to answer that, the best place would be through the study.

Transport committee  I'm Jennifer Saxe. I'm acting director general for marine policy.

Transport committee  For vessels that are carrying less than 12,500 metric tons, which includes tugs and barges, there is traffic in ships that occurs for that community and industry resupply purpose. What we have done is a full study, which we did commission, on the community and industry resupply,