Way more tankers come to the sixth boro than you might conclude from tugster. Here’s a sampling from the past month . . .
Front Clipper, launched in 2017, is a 157351 dwt crude tanker. She’s currently on her way to Pemex’s Yuum Kak Naab, in Mexican waters, and said to be the world’s largest FPSO. I’m always skeptical of superlatives.
Chem Singapore (2015) is an oil products tanker, 19996 dwt. She’s currently in Houston via Altamira MX.
SCF Irtysh, 2009, is a 49,999 dwt oil products tanker, currently in Iceland.
Aitolos is a 2020 114,000 dwt crude carrier. She’s currently in Corpus Christi by way of Whiffen Head, NL . . . that’s Newfoundland.
Tenacity Venture is 2017 114,439 dwt crude tanker, currently heading for the huge refinery at Pointe a Pierre, Trinidad & Tobago.
NS Laguna is a 2007 crude tanker with a dwt of 1115,831, and currently heading for Point Tupper, where Jack Ronalds does his work. I hope to get up there once the border opens again.
Bastille Street is a crude tanker dating from 2011, with carrying capacity of 47,906 dwt.
She’s currently Amsterdam bound.
She looked newer than 10 years old.
All photos, WVD.
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July 28, 2021 at 11:05 am
bowsprite
Are we really blowing through all the fuel hauled in at this rate? Or … It’s orange juice & you are drinking way too much of it.
July 28, 2021 at 2:44 pm
tugster
Shhh! Don’t mention my orange juice habit. On the other hand, we do export a lot, just not maybe from the sixth boro. Check out this set of graphs: https://plattsinfo.spglobal.com/rs/325-KYL-599/images/US_Crude_Exports%2020210601.pdf?mkt_tok=MzI1LUtZTC01OTkAAAF-hz2EN4TUivCbAFFJTjaA-ShLaQ-uoyzdRe-ffyAEWjxkJ1yFrVMfqOoQMvGfitoz9kk9bLXfudEC7SpydlbDMsicIo8XZya0WMI2EFxP_yGvjf0