OEC LLS - Where every drop counts
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Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline is still climbing back. Satellite imagery showed nearly 10 million #barrels loading across Yanbu in late September, with Middle East crude #exports near 80% of pre-attack levels. Full capacity is still a month out. #supplychain #oil
Shipping's #decarbonization bet just changed direction. Carrier interest in #LNG, #methanol, and #ammonia has cooled in favor of #biofuels, now the choice for 59% of adopters, while 73% of surveyed #ports still lack low-carbon fuel #infrastructure entirely. #ShipwithOEC
Moving wine internationally means protecting a temperature-sensitive, high-value liquid commodity across ocean transit, whether it's bottled #cargo or bulk shipments moving in #flexitanks or ISO tanks bound for bottling closer to the end market. #ShipwithOEC
Saudi Arabia restarted the East-West Pipeline Sept. 22, but flows are still reduced and war risk insurance at Yanbu has roughly tripled. Resilient supply chains run on contingency plans, not best-case schedules. #logistics #ShipwithOEC
¡Nos vemos en Buenos Aires! LLS is joining the Latin American Petrochemical and Chemical Association for its 46th Annual Meeting, October 26 to 29 at the Hilton Buenos Aires in Puerto Madero.
Your #polyester jacket and PET water bottle share a Middle East link: monoethylene #glycol. Asian MEG prices jumped nearly 8% in one week in late August on tight Gulf supply, before the pipeline attack even hit. #ShipwithOEC
What does a Saudi pipeline have to do with your cooking #oil? When #crude spikes, #biodiesel gets more competitive, pulling palm and #soybean oil toward #fuel tanks instead of frying pans. Geopolitics now moves #edibleoil prices.
Your engine #oil has a Middle East problem. An estimated 44% of US Group III #baseoil supply is sidelined, and sulphur for lubricant additives is up 130% this year. #Lubricants on your 2027 plan? Lock in capacity now. #ShipwithOEC
Drone strikes shut Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline on Sept. 10, and the Yanbu #refineries felt it first. SAMREF cut runs by about half, and Europe lost roughly 200,000 barrels a day of YASREF output. Upstream problems never stay upstream. #supplychain #ShipwithOEC
Next stop: Phoenix. LLS will be at the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association 2026 Annual Meeting, October 17 to 20 at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa. 🛢️
LLS is heading to Kansas City for the American Fats and Oils Association 2026 Annual Meeting, October 7 and 8 at the Loews Kansas City Hotel. 🌽
A #flexitank does one job and does it well: get liquid #cargo from origin to destination without leaks, contamination, or wasted space. No drums to clean, no totes to stack, no ISO tank to reposition. Just #bulkliquid moved the right way.
India's #edibleoil import bill is projected to climb 9% to roughly $21 billion this year. A weaker rupee, rising #import volumes, and Indonesia's #biodiesel program pulling #palmoil from food use are squeezing the world's biggest vegetable #oil buyer. #ShipwithOEC
Your car's radiator and a multi-billion dollar #AI data center run on basically the same stuff: #glycol. One keeps your commute from overheating, the other keeps the internet from melting down. Someone has to ship it safely at scale. That's us. #ShipwithOEC
Your morning #orangejuice travels farther than you do before breakfast. #Brazil ships nearly 2 million metric tons of OJ a year and keeping it from spoiling or turning into a science project takes serious bulk liquid #logistics expertise. We have it. #ShipwithOEC
Nobody tells a grape to hurry up except the weather. Bordeaux is picking up to two weeks early in 2026, with yields estimated down 20%+. Less #wine, same deadlines — that's when you find out if your #logistics partner can actually keep up. #wine #ShipwithOEC
For bulk liquid #shippers routing #chemicals, #oils, and #fuels through Panama, water scarcity is quietly becoming a #routing consideration on par with weather and geopolitics. (livescience.com/planet-earth…)
Group III #baseoil prices are up as much as 230% since the Strait of #Hormuz disruption choked off Middle East supply. Your engine doesn't care about geopolitics. Your procurement team sure does. #lubricants
Nearly 40 years of containerized #logistics experience. Dedicated Liquid Logistics teams based in Houston and Shanghai. Regional technical service centers across Asia, North America, and Europe. Support available 24/7. #ShipwithOEC
Indonesia's new B50 #biodiesel mandate (Oct 1) is about to eat into the #palmoil supply. Add El Niño dryness and prices just hit their highest since 2024. Your snacks and your #fuel tank are now fighting over the same barrel. #ShipwithOEC