Colonial Pipeline starts limited shipments amid fears of fuel shortages

May 11 2021 by POLITICO - TOP Stories

The Colonial Pipeline resumed limited shipments on Monday, delivering fuel from North Carolina to a terminal in Maryland, in the first stage of what still could be a slow restarting of the main pipeline from Houston's refineries to the East Coast after a cyberattack forced its shutdown last week.

The announcement fell far short of a return to service for Colonial's entire 5,500-mile line, which supplies 45 percent of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to the East Coast is back in operation. And...