Nghe An: Ensuring supply of gasoline and oil for fishing and seafood activities

Providing gasoline and oil for ships going out to sea in Quynh Luu district. Photo: Van Truong

Present at the coastal commune of Tien Thuy (Quynh Luu), we saw that gas stations were still open for business as usual. The owner of a gas station in Tien Thuy commune said: 1 month ago,difficult supply of gasoline and oil, up to this point the distributor has provided timely. Our store can meet the needs of 8-10 large capacity ships at sea. On average, we sell 800 liters/day.

Mr. Le Van Ba ​​- Deputy Head of the Economic - Infrastructure Department of Quynh Luu district said that there are currently 103 gas and oil stores in the area, of which there are over 40 gas and oil stores in coastal communes, concentrated in Tien Thuy, Quynh Luong, Quynh Nghia communes...

In recent days, the district has coordinated with Market Management Team No. 4 to closely inspect and monitor retail gasoline and oil stores in coastal areas, preventing disruptions in gasoline and oil supply, ensuring more than 1,200 fishing boats can go out to sea.

Boats loaded with supplies to prepare to set sail in Quynh Thuan commune (Quynh Luu). Photo: Van Truong.

At this time, in the coastal area of ​​the districtDien Chau, gasoline and oil trading activities are stable. The owner of a DKC gasoline and oil store in Dien Ngoc commune said: In the past time, the store has still been able to meet the fuel demand for ships going out to sea, selling an average of 700-800 liters/day, the tank currently has 7,000/15,000 liters of oil left, if we run out of oil in about 2 days, we will notify the supplier to import more goods.

Mr. Nguyen Tuan - a ship owner in Dien Ngoc commune shared: Every time the ship returns to shore, it has to "refill" 4,000 - 5,000 liters of oil to go out to sea. Luckily, the gas stations in Dien Ngoc commune are fully supplied, ensuring that the ships do not have to operate intermittently. According to the report of the Economic - Infrastructure Department of Dien Chau district, the whole district has 86 gas stations, of which 8 are mainly located in Dien Ngoc commune serving ships going to sea.

DKC petrol station in the coastal area of ​​Dien Ngoc commune (Dien Chau) is operating normally. Photo: Van Truong

According to the reporter's records in recent days, in Dien Chau district, the situation of gasoline and oil is still guaranteed and stable, there is no situation of closure or hoarding. Gasoline and oil suppliers are all ensuring to meet the demand of fishing boats going out to sea.

Market Management Team No. 1 coordinated with localities to inspect gasoline and oil trading activities, requiring coastal gasoline and oil stores to have plans to ensure gasoline and oil supply, maintain operations at the stores, and ensure that ships have enough fuel to go to sea without interruption.

The Department of Industry and Trade said: Nghe An currently has 615 stores licensed to retail gasoline and oil, of which there are about 150 coastal gasoline and oil stores, concentrated in districts and towns such as Nghi Loc, Cua Lo town, Quynh Luu, Dien Chau... Up to now, no store has closed due to lack of goods.

However, in recent times, some petrol and oil stores have experienced local business interruptions due to the overload of petrol and oil transport from traders, leading to short-term delays of 4-8 hours. Currently, nationwide, due to difficulties in importing, the supply of petrol and oil is limited, with some places in Nghe An temporarily lacking E5 petrol, while other types of petrol and oil are still fully supplied.

Boats in Dien Chau district return to avoid the monsoon, no need to worry about fuel shortage. Photo: Van Truong

Mr. Nguyen Van Huong - Director of the DepartmentNghe An Market Managementsaid: To ensure supply and stabilize the gasoline and oil market in the area, the Market Management Department regularly coordinates with localities to closely monitor the sale of gasoline and oil at gasoline and oil retail stores in the area, to prevent the situation of stopping sales without justifiable reasons.

Through working sessions and inspections, the Department requested that key traders of gasoline and oil, and distributors of gasoline and oil proactively source goods and have import plans (for key traders) to ensure adequate supply of gasoline and oil for the market in Nghe An in the coming time. Do not interrupt the supply of gasoline and oil in the business system; maintain sales activities at gasoline and oil retail stores of enterprises and provide enough goods for retail stores in the distribution system of enterprises.

Currently, key traders and distributors have committed to the Nghe An Market Management Department to ensure the supply of 58,000 - 62,000 m³Specifically as follows: Nghe An Petroleum Company meets about 32,000 - 33,000 m³ gasoline, oil/month; Thien Minh Duc Group Joint Stock Company supplies about 20,000-22,000 m³ gasoline, oil/month; other distributors meet about 6,000-7,000m³ gasoline, oil/month