'Gigantic' tanker latest Gulf oil spill cleanup tool

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | 6:47 p.m. CDT; updated 7:24 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, June 30, 2010

NEW ORLEANS — With hurricane-whipped waves pushing more oil onto the Gulf of Mexico's once-white beaches, the government pinned its latest cleanup hopes Wednesday on a huge new piece of equipment: the world's largest oil-skimming vessel.

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