On Monday, WTI rose 31.4 percent to a session high of US$119.48 a barrel, while Brent rose 29 percent to US$119.50 a barrel. Before Monday’s surge, Brent was up 27 percent and WTI was up 35.6 percent last week. “Unless oil flows from the Strait of Hormuz resume soon and regional tensions ease, prices will […]
MD Mehedi Hasan, a spokesperson for the company operating the ship, said they brought in another vessel, the Shagor Bodhu-3, to rescue the sunken vessel, but the Shagor Bodhu-3 is lighter than the Shagor Nandini-2. Mehedi said the company is now sending another ship Shagor Bodhu-4 to rescue Shagor Nandini-2. “We will plan to rescue […]
Padma Oil’s Barisal depot manager MD Lokman said the vessel was bound for Chandpur after loading 898,000 liters of diesel and 234,000 liters of octane at the Chattogram port. “Some diesel spilled from the sunken tanker. The leak was stopped with the help of the Coast Guard.” KM Shafiul Kinjol, a spokesman for the force, […]
Local fishermen present at the spot told bdnews24.com that oil was leaking out due to a crack in the hull of the overturned tanker. One of the crew members, who could not be identified, said that visibility on the river was limited due to dense fog and that is why the collision took place. “We […]
