Fuel situation returning to normal in the North

THE fuel shortage experienced in the North over the past few days has been relieved by consignments of petrol reaching many service stations.

In Oshakati, Taati Kalenga, the secretary at Shali Caltex Service Station, told The Namibian yesterday that the long queues of cars waiting for petrol might be a thing of the past soon. The service station received 12 000 litres of unleaded petrol yesterday, and expected the delivery of leaded fuel on the same day.”We are really glad that we can again provide fuel to our customers as usual,” said Kalenga.The Continental Spar Engen service station, also in Oshakati, reopened yesterday after running dry at the end of the New Year’s weekend.The Namibian has established that there were still queues at filling stations in Ondangwa yesterday.”The fuel crisis we had over the past days might be over, but we at Ondangwa are still in the queues struggling to get fuel, but we hope this problem will be over soon,” Sacky Ekandjo, a businessman from Ondangwa, said yesterday afternoon.The Namibian Oil Industry Association blamed the shortages on distribution and other logistical problems.Harald Schmidt said the fuel shortages were mainly due to distribution problems which were caused by the latest supply of fuel which arrived in the country last Thursday instead of the scheduled December 27 date.Schmidt said oil companies had been cooperating during this trying time ensuring there was fuel available around the country.The service station received 12 000 litres of unleaded petrol yesterday, and expected the delivery of leaded fuel on the same day. “We are really glad that we can again provide fuel to our customers as usual,” said Kalenga.The Continental Spar Engen service station, also in Oshakati, reopened yesterday after running dry at the end of the New Year’s weekend.The Namibian has established that there were still queues at filling stations in Ondangwa yesterday.”The fuel crisis we had over the past days might be over, but we at Ondangwa are still in the queues struggling to get fuel, but we hope this problem will be over soon,” Sacky Ekandjo, a businessman from Ondangwa, said yesterday afternoon.The Namibian Oil Industry Association blamed the shortages on distribution and other logistical problems.Harald Schmidt said the fuel shortages were mainly due to distribution problems which were caused by the latest supply of fuel which arrived in the country last Thursday instead of the scheduled December 27 date.Schmidt said oil companies had been cooperating during this trying time ensuring there was fuel available around the country.