Navy deployed to help transport aviation fuel
Friday, 14 May 2010
FE Report
Forces and vessels of Bangladesh Navy have been deployed in Dhaka, Narayangonj, Chittagong and Khulna to help transportation of aviation fuel amid country-wide shipping strike.
Bangladesh Navy ships, boats and personnel have undertaken a wide range of activities besides providing assistance to local administration under "In Aid to Civil Power" on request of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, said an ISPR press release Thursday.
Naval contingents have brought two jet fuel tankers alongside jetty, repaired the fuel pumps and have been bunkering fuel to the depot since Wednesday.
They have unloaded around 24,00,000 litters of jet fuel from two tankers since Wednesday. Besides, Bangladesh Navy Tanker (BNT), 'IMAM GAJJALI' has started sailing from Khulna towards Chittagong and a special navy team was brought to Dhaka from Chittagong for rendering assistance in fuel transportation.
By the assistance of Navy, one furnace oil tanker carrying 1800 tonnes of fuel and another tanker M T JAMUNA have already started sailing from Khulna to Dhaka.
These activities and multi-level steps shall reduce the recent aviation fuel scarcity the created by the shipping strike, the press release issued by ISPR director Lt Col Kazi Md Kabirul Islam added.
Forces and vessels of Bangladesh Navy have been deployed in Dhaka, Narayangonj, Chittagong and Khulna to help transportation of aviation fuel amid country-wide shipping strike.
Bangladesh Navy ships, boats and personnel have undertaken a wide range of activities besides providing assistance to local administration under "In Aid to Civil Power" on request of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, said an ISPR press release Thursday.
Naval contingents have brought two jet fuel tankers alongside jetty, repaired the fuel pumps and have been bunkering fuel to the depot since Wednesday.
They have unloaded around 24,00,000 litters of jet fuel from two tankers since Wednesday. Besides, Bangladesh Navy Tanker (BNT), 'IMAM GAJJALI' has started sailing from Khulna towards Chittagong and a special navy team was brought to Dhaka from Chittagong for rendering assistance in fuel transportation.
By the assistance of Navy, one furnace oil tanker carrying 1800 tonnes of fuel and another tanker M T JAMUNA have already started sailing from Khulna to Dhaka.
These activities and multi-level steps shall reduce the recent aviation fuel scarcity the created by the shipping strike, the press release issued by ISPR director Lt Col Kazi Md Kabirul Islam added.