Ship Captains Steaming to Houston Need Bait, Tackle, Endurance
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The most useful thing for an oil-tanker captain heading to Houston right now might be a fishing rod.
That’s because they’re going to have to wait an average of four days, or eight times longer than usual, to unload as Houston’s storage tanks fill with record amounts of U.S. oil extracted from shale. U.S. ports and waterways are grappling with the highest crude stockpiles and fuel exports in decades.
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Ship Captains Steaming to Houston Need Bait, Tackle, Endurance