Venezuela to support reconstruction of Cuban port damaged by oil fire

Venezuela to support reconstruction of Cuban port damaged by oil fire

Photo: Alexandre Meneghini – Reuters

 

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on Tuesday that Venezuela would support Cuba in the reconstruction of its only supertanker port in Matanzas, which was partially destroyed by a fire after lightning struck one of the its crude tanks.

By Reuters – Deisy Buitrago

Aug 16, 2022

Cuba has long relied on the 2.4 million-barrel Matanzas terminal, about 130 km from Havana, for most imports and storage of crude and heavy fuel oil.





Maduro directed Venezuela’s oil minister and the president of state-run PDVSA (PDVSA.UL) to get in touch with the corresponding Cuban authorities “to begin the design of the reconstruction of the supertanker yard,” he said in a speech honoring the Venezuelan firefighters sent to combat the blaze.

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