Oil traders book US vessels to store gasoline, ship fuel overseas

An overnight piece via Reuters ICYMI, probably not breaking news to anyone keeping track of energy markets.

• Oil traders are hiring expensive U.S. vessels, normally only used for domestic shipments, to store gasoline or ship fuel overseas, five shipping sources said, in a sign of the energy industry's desperation for places to park petroleum amid a 30% drop in worldwide demand.
• Several shippers said they have started to book Jones Act (JA) vessels for foreign voyages or to store refined products. The century-old Jones Act requires that vessels traveling between domestic ports be owned and operated by U.S. crews, and they are generally more expensive than other vessels.
• «It's very unusual to use JA tankers for international trips,» one shipping source said.

Here is the link to the Reuters article if you'd like more  ----On another oil related item — tomorrow we'll get the weekly private oil inventory survey. This will likely report a further build up of stocks — but there be a slowing in the builds as some US states begin to reopen.