Shipping news is compiled by Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com, local sources and direct observation at ports.
January 16: Noreaster, a 603-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived in Bucksport from Boston and delivered 90,000 barrels of No. 2 heating oil. It sailed January 17 for its home port of Saint John, N.B., home of the Irving Oil refinery.

January 19: Denali, a tug with fuel barge, arrived in Searsport from Portland and delivered 40,000 barrels of ethanol. It sailed January 20 for Boston.

January 25: East Coast, a 600-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived in Searsport from Boston and delivered 40,000 barrels of diesel and 23,000 barrels of heating oil.

Expected Arrivals:

January 26 — Acadian, to Bucksport from Halifax with 90,000 barrels of No. 2 heating oil and 30,000 barrels of jet fuel.