The SUNY Maritime College training ship, TS Empire State VI, will return to Ft. Schuyler, New York on Tuesday, October 24, after nearly two months at sea in support of hurricane relief efforts in Florida and Puerto Rico. Empire State VI was activated along with the Massachusetts Maritime Academy's TS Kennedy and Texas Maritime Academy’s training vessel General Rudder to … [Read more...]
Complete Coverage on Hurricane Harvey:
Why Consumers Pay the Price for Hurricane Fuel Shortages
By Devika Krishna Kumar and Libby George NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Just days after Hurricane Harvey smacked Texas and hobbled a quarter of U.S. refining industry, the supply networks that fuel the nation's cars, trucks and airplanes began to fail. On paper, there was no fuel shortage. The United States had more than 200 million barrels of gasoline in giant steel … [Read more...]
Europe Diesel Exports Hit Record as Harvey Redraws Trade
By Ron Bousso LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Europe is set to export a record volume of diesel in September as Latin American buyers struggle to recover from a drop in U.S. supplies in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, according to shipping data and traders. Europe regularly imports large volumes of the road fuel as the region's refineries are unable to meet demand. It is … [Read more...]
Harvey Spilled 22,000 Barrels of Oil and Chemicals, Says Coast Guard
by Emily Flitter (Reuters) - More than 22,000 barrels of oil, refined fuels and chemicals spilled at sites across Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, along with millions of cubic feet of natural gas and hundreds of tons of other toxic substances, a Reuters review of company reports to the U.S. Coast Guard shows. The spills, clustered around the heart of the U.S. oil … [Read more...]
Phillips 66 Uses Jones Act Waiver to Book Foreign Tanker as U.S.-Flagged ‘Armada’ Heads for Florida
Phillips 66 has taken advantage of the U.S. Department of Homeland Securities' temporary Jones Act waiver applying to tankers in response to fuel shortages in the southeast United States in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Argus Media reported Thursday. The foreign charter comes as an "armada" of at least 26 U.S.-flagged vessels carrying millions of gallons … [Read more...]