Rare Diesel Cargoes Head to Australia from US West Coast
A tugboat escorts a crude oil tanker in Sydney.
Photographer: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty ImagesA string of tankers carrying diesel from the US West Coast has begun arriving in Australia, with several more on the way, as the continent tries to contain a fuel crisis triggered by the Iran war.
Two tankers discharged 525,000 barrels of ultra-low sulfur diesel this week from British Petroleum’s Cherry Point Refinery in Washington state to Australia, according to port data compiled by energy analytics company Vortexa.