Malaysian ship Shan Gang Fa Jian carrying 34,000 tons of diesel has arrived at Chittagong Port.
Syed Refayet Hamim, secretary of Chittagong Port Authority, said the vessel reached the Kutubdia Channel in the Bay of Bengal on Friday night.
According to the ship’s local agent, Pride Shipping Lines, the tanker arrived at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port on Saturday morning.
Earlier on Friday at 2 pm, another vessel from Singapore, Yan Jing He, carrying 27,300 tons of diesel, berthed at Dolphin Jetty-6 of Padma Oil.
The ship was scheduled to arrive at the port’s outer anchorage later that night.
Nazrul Islam, managing partner of Pride Shipping Lines, said, "Shan Gang Fa Jian has already reached Kutubdia. It is carrying just over 34,000 tons of diesel from Malaysia and is scheduled to berth at the port on Saturday."