First supertanker carrying American oil arrives in Europe in six years
The supertanker Vessel Solana with about 2 million barrels of American oil on board arrived at the Spanish port of Bilbao, after which it went to Rotterdam and Wilhelmshaven, writes Bloomberg.This is the first oil supertanker to arrive from the US to Europe in six years. Typically, American oil is shipped to Europe on smaller ships with a carrying capacity of 600,000 to 1 million barrels.Supertankers will "increasingly be used to ship oil from the US ...