



Vicente de la O Levy, minister of energy and mines, had in recent weeks declared "there will be a recovery" from fuel shortages, "and a decrease in uncomfortable queues." The ship was anchored at the Nico Lopez refinery in the capital, AFP confirmed.Īt the end of May, Cameroonian-flagged supertanker Limo, en route from Russia, arrived at the port of Matanzas with some 800,000 barrels. It only produces a third of the fuel it needs each day, while residents navigate blackouts and food shortages.Īccording to shipping tracker Vessel Finder, Mexican tanker Bicentenario, with an estimated cargo of 265,000 barrels of oil, arrived at the port of Havana on Tuesday. Since the end of March, endless lines of cars queuing for gasoline have been a common site on the Communist Party-ruled island, and service stations have created WhatsApp groups to organize customers.Ĭuba, under US embargo, is going through its worst economic crisis in three decades.
