Sea Shepherd heads for mission to obstruct whalers

Sea Shepherd heads for mission to obstruct whalers

HOBART, Australia - Members of the anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society depart from a port in the Tasmanian city of Hobart, Australia, on the Steve Irwin, on Dec. 2, 2010. Sea Shepherd's three-vessel fleet departed on a mission to obstruct Japanese whaling in the Antarctic waters as the hunting season begins.

Japan's biggest oil-spill recovery vessel debuts

Japan's biggest oil-spill recovery vessel debuts

TOKYO, Japan - The 4,663-ton Kaisho Maru, Japan's biggest-ever oil-recovery vessel, ordered by the Transport Ministry in the wake of a huge oil spill on the Sea of Japan coast three years ago, is berthed at Tokyo Harbor on Aug. 28. It is part of a planned three-vessel oil-spill control task force that the ministry hopes would provide a speedy response in the event of an oil spill in Japanese coastal waters.

Sea Shepherd heads for mission to obstruct whalers

Sea Shepherd heads for mission to obstruct whalers

HOBART, Australia - Members of the anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society depart from a port in the Tasmanian city of Hobart, Australia, on the Steve Irwin, on Dec. 2, 2010. Sea Shepherd's three-vessel fleet departed on a mission to obstruct Japanese whaling in the Antarctic waters as the hunting season begins. (Kyodo)

Japan's biggest oil-spill recovery vessel debuts

Japan's biggest oil-spill recovery vessel debuts

TOKYO, Japan - The 4,663-ton Kaisho Maru, Japan's biggest-ever oil-recovery vessel, ordered by the Transport Ministry in the wake of a huge oil spill on the Sea of Japan coast three years ago, is berthed at Tokyo Harbor on Aug. 28. It is part of a planned three-vessel oil-spill control task force that the ministry hopes would provide a speedy response in the event of an oil spill in Japanese coastal waters.