US moving fuel to S. Korea
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December 2, 2010, Thursday
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THE United States Navy is seeking a medium-range oil tanker to move at least 30,000 tons of jet fuel from Japan to South Korea, industry sources said yesterday.
The route is unusual for jet fuel, shipping sources said, but an unnamed US military official said shipments of fuel for operational use were standard.
The move comes at a time of heightened military tension on the Korean Peninsula
The US military official said: "There is no particular movement that has taken place in response to an incident in terms of large delivery of jet fuel or anything else."
The US is involved in joint military manoeuvers with South Korea this week and with Japan next week.
The request for a jet fuel shipment from Japan caught the attention of the local shipping industry.
"They are looking to book this vessel for a period of up to 60 days," a Singapore-based shipbroker said.
The US Navy is a buyer of jet fuel in Asia, but delivery to South Korea is unusual, shipbrokers said.
The Yonhap news agency said South Korea was planning more military drills as the nuclear powered USS George Washington moved out of Korean waters back to Japan.
South Korea's drills with the US, which ended yesterday, were largely aimed at testing communications systems and didn't involve live firing.
A South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff officer said Seoul and Washington were discussing whether to conduct new joint military drills this month or early next month. South Korea's military separately plans what it calls routine weeklong naval live-firing exercises next week.
It is deploying surface-to-air missiles on Yeonpyeong Island to bolster its defense, Yonhap reported. Officials declined to discuss the report.
The route is unusual for jet fuel, shipping sources said, but an unnamed US military official said shipments of fuel for operational use were standard.
The move comes at a time of heightened military tension on the Korean Peninsula
The US military official said: "There is no particular movement that has taken place in response to an incident in terms of large delivery of jet fuel or anything else."
The US is involved in joint military manoeuvers with South Korea this week and with Japan next week.
The request for a jet fuel shipment from Japan caught the attention of the local shipping industry.
"They are looking to book this vessel for a period of up to 60 days," a Singapore-based shipbroker said.
The US Navy is a buyer of jet fuel in Asia, but delivery to South Korea is unusual, shipbrokers said.
The Yonhap news agency said South Korea was planning more military drills as the nuclear powered USS George Washington moved out of Korean waters back to Japan.
South Korea's drills with the US, which ended yesterday, were largely aimed at testing communications systems and didn't involve live firing.
A South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff officer said Seoul and Washington were discussing whether to conduct new joint military drills this month or early next month. South Korea's military separately plans what it calls routine weeklong naval live-firing exercises next week.
It is deploying surface-to-air missiles on Yeonpyeong Island to bolster its defense, Yonhap reported. Officials declined to discuss the report.
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