No shotrage of Fuel expected in Haiti

Shipments to the privately owned Port-au-Prince terminal, which normally receives and stores more than 70 percent of Haiti's fuel, had been halted since the January 12 quake damaged its piers and installations.

Varreux's Haitian operator WIN Group and equipment and service provider SEACOR Holdings Inc said in a statement the first shipment of fuel to the restored berth was completed early last Sunday and the vessel had departed.



The bulk of Terminal Varreux's 18 storage tanks -- with a total capacity of approximately 45 million gallons (170 million liters) -- were undamaged. Mevs said the restoration of fuel shipments would give a major boost to recovery efforts in Haiti.

WIN and SEACOR said the repairs at Varreux had included the installation of an interim vessel mooring system, the repair and testing of critical piping systems and the revision of terminal operating procedures.