A ship carrying 26,500 tonnes of octane from Malaysia arrives at Ctg port

 The ship “Quichi,” under the Hong Kong flag, has brought 26,500 tonnes of octane from Malaysia to the Chattogram port’s outer anchorage.

After two earlier shipments of 26,000 and 27,000 tons of octane on April 8 and 17, this is the third supply to arrive in April.

According to officials, the nation’s 1,200 tonnes of octane per day can be met for more than two months with the existing supply. Due to unfavorable weather, this ship’s voyage was delayed by almost 15 hours, arriving at the outer anchorage on April 30 rather than April 29 at 8 p.m.
 
Local agent Pride Shipping Line has announced that the oil unloading operation from the ship ‘Quichi’ will commence this afternoon. Managing Partner Nazrul Islam stated that adverse weather conditions and rough seas delayed the ship’s arrival by about 15 hours. 

Currently, five ships are waiting at the outer anchorage, with three that have already berthed undergoing oil unloading since Tuesday. Two more ships joined the operation on Tuesday.
 
This morning, the last ship carrying octane from Malaysia arrived. Nazrul Islam explained that the delay in unloading is due to the limited number of Dolphin Jetties at the port, preventing all ships from berthing simultaneously. Additionally, the arrival of several large ships last week necessitated the use of small mother vessels for oil unloading.

Due to inclement weather, the pace of oil unloading has slowed down, potentially delaying the berthing of the ship that arrived today until May 2. On Tuesday, a Hong Kong-flagged vessel named ‘Gran Kuva’ arrived at Chattogram Port around 3 pm carrying 34,000 tonnes of diesel from India. Later that day, a Singapore-flagged ship called ‘Hafnia Marlin’ arrived at the port around 11 pm with 10,000 tonnes of diesel from China.