Three oil tankers carrying 1,01,000 tons of diesel and octane on Tuesday reached outer anchorage in Chittagong, according to an official familiar with the process.
"The ships, in Bangladesh's waterways, will gradually dock at the jetty and fuel will be discharged soon," Farzin Hassan Moumita, Assistant Manager (Mass Communication, Additional Charge) of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) told BSS here on Tuesday.
She expected that through the unloading of those ships, fuel supply will be normal in the country.
Talking to BSS Mohammad Zahid Hossain, General Manager (Commerce and Operations) of BPC, said the oil tankers include MT Lian Song Hu carrying about 41,000 tons of diesel, MT Pacific Indigo carrying about 33,000 tons of diesel and MT Nav Cielo carrying about 27,000 tons of octane.
He said oil tanker MT Lian Song Hu carrying about 41,000 tons of diesel and MT Pacific Indigo carrying about 33,000 tons of diesel came from India, while MT Nave Cielo carrying about 27,000 tons of octane from Taiwan.
Besides, in the last 19 days, the BPC has taken 15,170 tons of octane produced by three local private companies. Of the companies, Super Petro PLC supplied the highest quantity of 11,615 tons of octane, Moumita said.
Meanwhile, fuel has been started unloading from two another tankers 'MT Oaktree' carrying about 35,000 tons of diesel and 'MT Cape Bonnie' carrying about 33,000 tons of diesel at Dolphin Jetty on Monday.