derelict vessels

A proposed state program would help gas station owners with maintenance and cleanup of toxic pollution from old petroleum storage tanks. But critics say the program would amount to a bailout and leave too many tanks untouched underground.

A poster child for Washington state’s problem with abandoned boats is at a shipyard in Seattle. The notorious Helena Star is being scrapped by Stabbert…

Two derelict vessels are sinking in a bankrupt marina near Tacoma. Fire fighters have circled them with oil booms to contain any pollutants. The incident…