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 Jan. 12 quake damaged its piers and installations. The earthquake also badly damaged Port-au-Prince’s main seaport.
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 on Sunday and the vessel had departed.
“We are all taking a deep breath now that the fuel supply to Haiti has been restored,” said Youri Mevs, managing partner of WIN Group.
