Chittagong Correspondent:
Despite the ongoing war situation in the Middle East, one after another fuel-carrying ships are coming to Chittagong port to keep fuel supply normal in the country. Following this, a ship with about 26 thousand tons of refined octane from Malaysia left for Chittagong port.
The ship named ‘MT Central Star’ is scheduled to reach the outer anchorage of Chittagong port next Wednesday (April 8). The location of the ship has been confirmed in the Andaman Sea on Monday night (April 6) Bangladesh time. Earlier on April 3, the Marshall Islands flag ship departed from Malaysia.
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) said that the ship has about 26,000 tons of refined octane. The government is working to keep the import and supply of fuel oil in the country normal despite the conflict situation in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, two more ships carrying LPG and LNG have already reached Chittagong port. Interport is the local agent of the vessel ‘Cool Voyager’ which brought LNG from Nigeria. Besides, another ship named ‘Gas Journey’ brought LPG from China, whose local agent is United Shipping. It is reported that the two ships will leave the port on Wednesday after the discharge.
Secretary of Chittagong Port Authority Syed Refayet Hamim said that currently two ships carrying LPG and LNG are stationed in the waters of the port and the process of discharging fuel from a total of four ships is underway.
He also said that on March 31, ‘Gas Challenger’ with LPG from India and ‘Shan Gang Fa Xian’ with diesel from Malaysia arrived at Chittagong port on April 3. In this, LPG is being discharged from ‘Gas Challenger’ at Bhatiari.
It should be noted that although there is no fuel crisis in the country as per the instructions of the government, some unpleasant incidents are often happening at the petrol pumps in different parts of the country. Most of them are with bikers. That is, the octane crisis is basically one of the reasons for these incidents. At this time of octane shortage, there is much relief in the news of the arrival of a ship carrying refined octane from Malaysia.