{"id":31140,"date":"2022-08-18T08:22:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T05:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/venezuela-to-assist-cuba-with-reconstruction-of-matanzas-port-damaged-by-five-day-fire\/31140\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T08:22:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T05:22:40","slug":"venezuela-to-assist-cuba-with-reconstruction-of-matanzas-port-damaged-by-five-day-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/venezuela-to-assist-cuba-with-reconstruction-of-matanzas-port-damaged-by-five-day-fire\/31140\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela to assist Cuba with reconstruction of Matanzas port damaged by five-day fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cuba\u2019s largest port for crude oil and fuel imports was\u00a0heavily damaged in a fire<\/a><\/span> that started on August 5 after lightning struck a storage tank. The fire, finally extinguished five days later, destroyed four of eight crude oil tanks at the Matanzas port, located about 130 km from Havana.<\/p>\n

Both Mexico and Venezuela sent firefighters to help battle the enormous fire.<\/p>\n

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has now promised his country\u2019s support as Cuba rebuilds its only supertanker port. Maduro directed both Venezuela\u2019s oil minister and the president of state-owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) to work with their counterparts in Cuba to \u201cbegin the design of the reconstruction of the supertanker yard.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Elaborating, he said, \u201cWe are going to design where it will be built, where the loading yard will be and begin the construction.\u201d<\/p>\n

The loss of oil at the port \u2013 Cuba\u2019s only one able to handle tankers over 100,000 dwt \u2013 has exacerbated problems for the country\u2019s oil-fired electrical grid.<\/p>\n

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