Security A Concern Ahead of LNG Shipments From Yemen
Yemeni LNG in Boston Harbor a worry to some
From the Chronicle:Along the Gulf Coast the arrival of liquefied natural gas tankers typically doesn't get too much attention. We have several terminals, most of them located in somewhat isolated areas.
Not so for Boston.
The oldest operating LNG terminal in the U.S. is located in Boston Harbor, in the shadow of Bunker Hill.
So combine the expected arrival of LNG from a new Yemeni natural gas project at the terminal this month with the unsuccessful Christmas Day airline bombing based out of Yemen, and you get some worried Bostonians.
But the U.S. Coast Guard has particular security measures in place for the Yemeni shipments, according to WBZ TV:
Coast Guard Capt. John Healey said Monday the shipments, set to begin at the end of the month, have been under review for nearly a year.
Healey, captain of the port, declined to give details of the security measures but said he will decide on a case-by-case basis whether to allow each ship to continue to an offloading area in densely populated Everett, Mass.
It's the first time that shipments from the LNG plant located at Balhaf, on the eastern coast of Yemen, will be delivered to Boston. The first shipment to the United States from the plant operated by French energy giant GDF Suez arrived near Sabine, Texas, over the weekend, Healey said.
While Yemen's ports meet international security standards, American authorities say additional security is necessary.
That could include additional screening of the crew, extra inspections on the ship and making sure the condition of the ship does not change by the time it gets to the U.S., Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen said in an interview with The Associated Press.
About 30 shipments from Yemen to Boston are expected annually during a 20-year contract with the company.
As a native of the Boston area I can attest that up until several years ago most Bostonians were hardly aware there was an LNG terminal in the city. It's located next to what used to be a veteran's hospital that was later turned into high-end condominiums (my family almost bought one of the units).
-
Turkish Envoy Playing Role of Middle Man in Arms Trafficking to Yemen - Did Turkey Play a Role in Benghazi? From Will at THE OTHER NEWS:Al-Qaeda Yemen Turkish Envoy Playing Role of Middle Man in Arms Trafficking to Yemen.(Fars).According to the...
-
NJ Man in Yemeni Custody for Joining al-Qaeda Spoke Openly of Jihad While Working in Nuke Plant From Weasel Zippers: (NYT)- A New Jersey man accused of joining Al Qaeda in Yemen spoke openly of militant views while working at American nuclear plants,...
-
CNN: Official: TSA ramping up security measures at East Coast Airports The Transportation Security Administration on Sunday ramped up security screening at airports along the East Coast after an attempted car bombing a day earlier in New York's Times...
- Iran Will Fill In Every Niche Where There Is A Vacuum
Iran-backed Shi'ites in Yemen get shipments of heavy arms CAIRO -- GERTZ - Shi'ite insurgents in Yemen have received arms from abroad in the past two months. Yemeni security sources said insurgents from the Iranian-backed...
- Remember When Sob Dictators Welded The Usa To Their Side By Being "anticommunist"?
Yemen arrests ‘major terrorist’ over US attack plot Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh announced Tuesday the arrest of a “terrorist” - allegedly linked to his main election rival and to Osama bin Laden - accused of plotting attacks against US...