Managing Partner of Pride Shipping Mohammad Nazrul Islam confirmed the development, saying, “Three vessels have already arrived. The other is very near to port and set to arrive before 11pm.”
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Three vessels carrying a combined 1.03 lakh tonnes of fuel have arrived at Chattogram Port today (17 April), while another vessel loaded with 33,000 tonnes of diesel is in Bangladesh waters, marking the largest fuel shipment since the crisis began in early March amid the Middle East conflict.
Managing Partner of Pride Shipping Mohammad Nazrul Islam confirmed the development, saying, “Three vessels have already arrived. The other is very near to port and set to arrive before 11pm.”
He added that due to their large size, the vessels cannot berth directly at Dolphin Jetty. Instead, ship-to-ship transfers will be carried out using smaller mother vessels already positioned at the outer anchorage.
The shipments include 76,000 tonnes of diesel and 27,000 tonnes of octane, which are expected to ease supply pressures. The diesel cargo can meet around nine days of national demand, while the octane shipment is sufficient for approximately 22 days.
According to local agent Pride Shipping, the vessel Oaktree, carrying 35,000 tonnes of diesel from South Korea, reached the outer anchorage at around 12pm. Later, Lian Song Hu, with 41,000 tonnes of diesel from India, arrived at around 5pm.
At approximately 8pm, Nave Cielo, carrying 27,000 tonnes of octane from Malaysia, also reached the outer anchorage. Another vessel, Cape Bonny, transporting 33,000 tonnes of diesel from South Korea, is expected to arrive by 11pm.
The transfer process is set to begin immediately after the final vessel arrives, with the mother vessels scheduled to berth at Dolphin Jetty one by one starting Saturday (18 April).
Currently, Bangladesh’s daily demand stands at about 12,500 tonnes for diesel and 1,200 tonnes for octane.
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