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Tatoo,
Welcome!
Hehehehe. I am quite sure that is true. After all, the price was right!
Aruba, years ago, was having a drought and Exxon, I believe, has a large refinery there. They were, and do, refine home heating oil for NYC there. Instead of delivering the heating oil to NYC and returning to Aruba in ballast they hit upon the idea of discharging the oil, going out to sea to clean tanks, and returning to NY. They would proceed up the Hudson, until the water was no longer brackish, and ballast with fresh water which they sold in Aruba! Selling ballast is the ultimate in ship productivity. (g) New York state had a fit about it when they found out.
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Wm. F. Buckley, Jr.
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