Gulf Coast

Port restrictions set as potential hurricanes approach US

Satellite animation of tropical storms Laura and Marco.

Tropical storms Laura and Marco will both likely become hurricanes as they hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in the coming days. The U.S. Coast Guard is restricting vessel movement at the Port of Key West. All vessels greater than 300 gross tons must depart unless the Captain of the Port (COTP) has approved a request to remain in port. Terminals and facilities must cease all cargo operations and secure handling of equipment. Bulk liquid terminals must ensure that all transfer hoses and loading arms are...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/port-restrictions-set-as-potential-hurricanes-approach-us

Potential hurricanes still on track for US landfall next week

Satellite animation of Tropical Storm Laura and Tropical Depression Fourteen.

For the first time in almost 90 years, two hurricanes could hit the U.S. Gulf Coast on the same day (or at least within 24 hours of each other). The last time this happened was on Sept. 5, 1933, according to Philip Klotzbach, a meteorologist at Colorado State University who specializes in Atlantic basin seasonal hurricane forecasts.

Storm number one

Tropical Depression Thirteen (TD13) became Tropical Storm Laura late Friday morning and is churning in the Atlantic about 200 miles east-southeast of...

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Two hurricanes could hit US next week (with forecast video)

Satellite animation of tropical depressions 13 and 14 in the Atlantic basin.

For the first time in almost 90 years, two hurricanes could hit the U.S. Gulf Coast on the same day (or at least within 24 hours of each other). The last time this happened was on Sept. 5, 1933, according to Philip Klotzbach, a meteorologist at Colorado State University who specializes in Atlantic basin seasonal hurricane forecasts.

Storm number one

Tropical Depression Thirteen (TD13) is churning in the Atlantic, about 250 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands as of 8 a.m. EDT Friday.

SONAR...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/two-hurricanes-could-hit-us-next-week-with-forecast-video

US Gulf Coast bracing for Tropical Storm Cristobal (with forecast video)

Sand bags piled up along a U.S. beach to prevent flooding.

Leaders along the Gulf Coast of the United States are urging residents to prepare for Cristobal now. The depression, which will likely strengthen back to a tropical storm this weekend, is still forecast to make landfall in Louisiana late Sunday into early Monday.

SONAR Critical Events and satellite: Friday, June 5, 2020, 9 a.m. EDT; Tropical Storm Cristobal forecast

“In Livingston Parish [Louisiana], we’re pretty prepared year-round for things,” Parish President Layton Ricks told WAFB-TV....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-gulf-coast-bracing-for-tropical-storm-cristobal-with-forecast-video

Third tropical storm this season could soon hit US Gulf Coast (with forecast video)

Satellite animation of Tropical Depression Three in the Bay of Campeche.

The second landfall of a tropical cyclone this season could hit the Gulf Coast of the United States near the end of the week. The first was Tropical Storm Bertha in late May, making landfall on the South Carolina coast after flooding parts of Florida for three days.

SONAR Critical Events and satellite: Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 9 a.m. EDT; Tropical Depression Three

The remnants of Tropical Storm Amanda, which formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean last week, moved across Central America last weekend....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/third-tropical-storm-this-season-could-soon-hit-us-gulf-coast-with-forecast-video

Tropical storm could hit US Gulf Coast by weekend (with forecast video)

Satellite animation of remnants of Tropical Storm Amanda.

The Atlantic hurricane season officially starts today, June 1, and a storm may be on its way to the United States by the end of the week.

SONAR Critical Events and satellite: Monday, June 1, 2020, 9 a.m. EDT; Region of potential tropical storm development

The remnants of Tropical Storm Amanda, which formed in the eastern Pacific last week, began moving across Central America over the weekend. It made landfall in Guatemala early Sunday morning, May 31, and the remnants of Amanda will meander...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tropical-storm-could-hit-us-gulf-coast-by-weekend-(with-forecast-video)

Panama Canal expansion facilitates transits of propane and hydrocarbon gas liquids

In June 2016, the Panama Canal opened a third set of locks that enabled transit of larger ships, the first such expansion since the canal was completed in 1914. In the years since the canal was expanded, the largest change in petroleum flows through the canal has been the rise of hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGL), especially propane, from the US Gulf Coast to destinations in Asia, EIA informs.

Most of the petroleum transiting the Panama Canal travels south from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific...

https://safety4sea.com/panama-canal-expansion-facilitates-transits-of-propane-and-hydrocarbon-gas-liquids/

EIA: US Gulf Coast refinery hydrogen demand met by merchant suppliers

According to EIA, petroleum refineries in the US Gulf Coast rely more and more on merchant suppliers, instead of their own production, to provide the hydrogen used to reduce the sulphur content of fuel. Namely, with the demand for distillate fuel oil increasing, and sulphur content regulations becoming stricter, refineries need to use more hydrogen.

Hydrogen demand is expected to continue to increase as IMO regulations, that limit the sulphur content in marine fuels, apply on January 1, 2020.

GET...

https://safety4sea.com/eia-us-gulf-coast-refinery-hydrogen-demand-met-by-merchant-suppliers/

Berth In Reverse – Reverse-Lightering Crude Oil Supertankers

Around half a dozen of midstream companies and joint ventures are clamoring to build deepwater loading terminals on the Gulf of Mexico.

Why Mexico?

Mexico is preferred since it is a major pain to load Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) any other way. The standard operating procedure for loading the vast majority of VLCCs along the Gulf Coast involves a complex, time-consuming and costly process of ship-to-ship transfers called reverse-lightering.

The smaller tankers ferry out and transfer crude to...

http://mfame.guru/berth-in-reverse-reverse-lightering-crude-oil-supertankers/

Sentinel announces new deepwater crude oil export facility

Sentinel Midstream, a Texas-based midstream solution provider, is the latest company to present its designs for the development of a new deepwater terminal, located near Freeport, Texas. The proposed Texas Gulflink will be capable of fully loading Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) vessels.

Reuters states that the company’s decision is due to seven additional proposals for the development of VLCC-loading facilities on the Gulf coast. Some analysts and executives believe not all proposed terminals...

https://safety4sea.com/sentinel-announces-new-deepwater-crude-oil-export-facility/

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