Workers' strike: BPC senses severe crisis in fuel supply
UNB, Dhaka :
A severe crisis may be looming in the supply of jet fuel, as well as other types of fuel, against the backdrop of ongoing strike by workers in the country’s river transport sector.
This apprehension was expressed by the acting chairman of the state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) in a letter Tuesday to the Energy Ministry.
Official sources said the BPC’s director (finance) and acting chairman Muhammad Nurul Alam in an urgent letter to the Energy Ministry said that uninterrupted supply of petroleum faces serious trouble due to the ongoing strike by the river transport workers, as it has become impossible to supply fuel to different oil depots through river routes.
“Due to the river transport workers’ strike, the fuel supply through river routes remained totally halted since strike began. For this the BPC has to incur a loss of $17,000 -18,000 a day for demurrage charge,” said the letter.
The letter mentioned that the supply of jet fuel from Chittagong to Dhaka Godnail depot, from where it goes to Shahjalal International airport for consumption of airlines, had to be halted which may create a severe crisis in jet fuel supply to local and international flights.
The letter urged the Energy Division to take immediate steps to resolve the situation.
A severe crisis may be looming in the supply of jet fuel, as well as other types of fuel, against the backdrop of ongoing strike by workers in the country’s river transport sector.
This apprehension was expressed by the acting chairman of the state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) in a letter Tuesday to the Energy Ministry.
Official sources said the BPC’s director (finance) and acting chairman Muhammad Nurul Alam in an urgent letter to the Energy Ministry said that uninterrupted supply of petroleum faces serious trouble due to the ongoing strike by the river transport workers, as it has become impossible to supply fuel to different oil depots through river routes.
“Due to the river transport workers’ strike, the fuel supply through river routes remained totally halted since strike began. For this the BPC has to incur a loss of $17,000 -18,000 a day for demurrage charge,” said the letter.
The letter mentioned that the supply of jet fuel from Chittagong to Dhaka Godnail depot, from where it goes to Shahjalal International airport for consumption of airlines, had to be halted which may create a severe crisis in jet fuel supply to local and international flights.
The letter urged the Energy Division to take immediate steps to resolve the situation.