An aframax has unloaded its US light crude cargo after a 100-day wait due to payment delays from Venezuela’s PDVSA to BP.

The 157,748-dwt Sonangol Cabinda (built 2013) was authorised to enter PDVSA’s Bullen Bay terminal on 23 September and finished discharging yesterday, according to Reuters.

Long payment delays have created offloading problems since April, boosting the costs for oil.

The Sonangol Cabinda arrived at the Caribbean island of Curacao in mid-June from Texas.

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