LOOP seeking crude-oil shippers

Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) LLC, operator of the nation’s largest privately owned crude oil storage and transportation logistics facility, is seeking prospective commercial shippers to utilize its existing facilities for crude oil vessel loading services onto Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs). LOOP’s new service would provide connecting logistics from its Clovelly Hub in Galliano, La., to its deep-water port, 17 miles offshore from Port Fourchon, La. The loading service could be available as soon as early 2018. (Source: Maritime Executive 07/27/17)