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shmeatballs t1_j6j8i48 wrote

Reply to comment by mattgm1995 in Massive ship in the harbor this morning by NAFAL44

Fairly frequently. New England doesn’t have access to some of the major pipelines in the US, so we import a lot via tanker. There’s also the Jones Act but that’s another rabbit hole.

This is a website which tracks the expected arrivals into Boston Harbor if you’re curious.

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BigEnd3 t1_j6jjmx0 wrote

I've worked those ships. The grand irony is a handful are US made, but Norwegian flagged, and owned by a boston/French conglomerate. I'm not sure if they are still sailing the Old LNGC Matthew anymore, but she used to go to Everett once every two weeks.

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Exciting-Ant4077 t1_j6o81fr wrote

I used to work in Charlestown, and my office building had a view of the Mystic River and I frequently saw tankers going by.

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