{"id":72612,"date":"2026-02-01T18:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T21:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shipping.einnews.com\/article\/888494688"},"modified":"2026-02-01T18:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T21:30:51","slug":"jamaica-escaped-by-minutes-from-trumps-tariffs-by-allowing-the-cargo-ship-emilia-to-be-in-its-waters-before-heading-to-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/jamaica-escaped-by-minutes-from-trumps-tariffs-by-allowing-the-cargo-ship-emilia-to-be-in-its-waters-before-heading-to-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica escaped “by minutes” from Trump’s tariffs by allowing the cargo ship Emilia to be in its waters before heading to Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cJamaica was saved by minutes\u201d from the sanctions imposed by the United States. This was the strong statement made by researcher Jorge Pi\u00f1\u00f3n from the Institute of Energy at the University of Texas in an interview with CiberCuba, as he recalled that the GLP Emilia left Jamaican waters shortly before the enforcement of President Trump’s order to impose tariffs on countries that send oil<\/strong><\/a> to Cuba, given that his administration considers the Island a threat to the national security of the United States.<\/p>\n

The GLP Emilia cargo ship never entered the port of Kingston, Jamaica, despite approaching the area at a sensitive time after President Donald Trump announced those tariffs, according to tracking done by the energy analyst who reviewed the ship’s navigation records.<\/p>\n

Pi\u00f1\u00f3n highlighted a key detail: the order signed by President Donald Trump established that the sanctions would take effect at 12:01 AM on January 30, and the GLP Emilia entered Jamaican territorial waters at 08:35 UTC on January 29 and departed at 10:48 AM the following day, January 30; therefore, in Jorge Pi\u00f1\u00f3n’s opinion, it did not have enough time to load.<\/p>\n

According to Pi\u00f1\u00f3n, the GLP Emilia approached Kingston<\/strong><\/a> with a draft of 8.4 meters and left with the same draft, indicating that it did not perform loading operations. \u201cIf the ship had loaded gas, the draft would have noticeably increased,\u201d the expert pointed out.<\/p>\n

The tracking of the tanker on the VesselFinder platform shows that the GLP Emilia had previously departed from the Port of Pastelillo, located in the municipality of Nuevitas, Camag\u00fcey province, on the northern coast of Cuba.<\/p>\n

It is important to remember that in an interview granted to CiberCuba on January 18, prior to the sanctions announced by Trump, Jorge Pi\u00f1\u00f3n himself explained that the regime had between 4 and 8 weeks before entering paralysis, as at that time it was already not receiving oil from anywhere or from any of its allies.<\/p>\n

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