This Diesel Traveled 19,000 Miles to New York From China
- Supertanker left China in late September, went to Africa
- Smaller ship took some cargo, should reach N.Y. Thursday
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There are few better examples of how weird and wonderful oil shipping and trading can be: diesel that left China almost three months ago is going to reach New York any moment now.
The Flagship Tulip will reach America’s key East Coast port later on Thursday, according to a signal from the vessel earlier. In mid-November, the carrier collected diesel from a much bigger supertanker off the coast of Togo in West Africa. That ship, the Coshonour Lake, originally loaded diesel in China and Taiwan with an initial plan to deliver it to Europe, according to a person familiar with the matter.