shore-based

Part of the Houston Ship Channel was closed Tuesday after about 15,000 gallons of animal fat leaked into it from a shore-based storage tank.

PHOTOS: Massive Beef Fat Spill Clogs Houston Ship Channel Associated Press 2011

Iran already possesses armed drones and mobile shore-based missile batteries ringing the area around the Straits.

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"If anyone had consulted him or any other shore-based engineer, the blowout might never have happened," the commission said in a statement.

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Part of the Houston Ship Channel was closed Tuesday after about 15,000 gallons of animal fat leaked into it from a shore-based storage tank.

PHOTOS: Massive Beef Fat Spill Clogs Houston Ship Channel Associated Press 2011

Part of the Houston Ship Channel was closed Tuesday after about 15,000 gallons of animal fat leaked into it from a shore-based storage tank.

PHOTOS: Massive Beef Fat Spill Clogs Houston Ship Channel Associated Press 2011

"If anyone had consulted him or any other shore-based engineer, the blowout might never have happened," the commission said in a statement.

BP Workers Could Have Prevented Oil Spill, Weren't Consulted Joanna Zelman 2011

He pointed to tar mats off the coast in waters that have been tough to reach with shore-based equipment.

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Carriers have utility if simpler shore-based options do not exist, but a UK carrier-based capability would not be up to the strength, reach, persistence or effect required.

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"If anyone had consulted him or any other shore-based engineer, the blowout might never have happened," the commission said in a statement.

BP Workers Could Have Prevented Oil Spill, Weren't Consulted Joanna Zelman 2011

Part of the Houston Ship Channel was closed Tuesday after about 15,000 gallons of animal fat leaked into it from a shore-based storage tank.

PHOTOS: Massive Beef Fat Spill Clogs Houston Ship Channel Associated Press 2011