The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said two further fuel vessels are due to arrive in Sri Lanka on Wednesday and Thursday, with a third tanker already unloading at Colombo Port, NewsFirst reported on Tuesday.
CPC Managing Director Mayuru Neththikumarage said a vessel carrying 7,000 metric tonnes of Octane 95 petrol and 29,000 metric tonnes of Octane 92 petrol is scheduled to arrive on 10 June (Wednesday). A second vessel from Singapore carrying 28,000 metric tonnes of diesel is due on 11 June (Thursday), he added.
A ship already in port is unloading 32,000 metric tonnes of diesel and 7,200 metric tonnes of super diesel, the MD said. Together, the three vessels add roughly 103,200 tonnes of fuel — about 36,000 tonnes of petrol and 67,200 tonnes of diesel and super diesel — to CPC’s working stock through the second week of June.
The arrivals continue the cluster of imports the corporation has been highlighting since a vessel carrying 32,000 tonnes of diesel began discharging at Colombo Port on Monday and follow the wider fuel-cost framing the CPC chairman set out earlier this month, when he projected the July monthly fuel bill at around US$198 million and confirmed local prices are now sensitive to Middle East tensions.
The CPC has repeatedly said domestic stocks are secure and that there is no fuel shortage despite the Israel-Iran exchange and Hormuz disruption. Authorities continue to manage retail demand through the QR-coded fuel quota system, which Minister of Energy Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando confirmed in May would remain in force through the geopolitical crisis.
Sources: NewsFirst — More fuel shipments due to arrive this week.
