Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has arrived at the Port of Mombasa to officially receive two oil vessels from the Middle East.
The two crude oil tankers; 252-metre-long MT Front Capella and 250-metre-long MT Norddolphin arrived in the country on Thursday loaded with 172,191 tonnes of petrol, diesel and aviation fuel.
The oil tankers are being received from the United Arab Emirates after the government signed a government-to-government (G2G) deal with UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Corporation (ADNOC) Global Trading for the supply of automotive gas oil and Jet A-1 for 270 days (nine months).
MT Front Capella, which was built in 2017 and sails under the flag of the Marshall Islands, is carrying 83,000 tonnes of Jet A-1 (aviation fuel) from Port Ruwais in UAE. It sailed from UAE for 10 days and 14 hours.
MT Norddolphin, a Portugal-flagged oil tanker that was also built in 2017, has brought into the country 89, 191 tonnes of automotive oil (diesel and petrol). The vessel left Jebel Ali Port in UAE five days ago for Mombasa Port.
The DP is accompanied by KPA chair Benjamin Tayari, Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir, KPA managing director Captain William Ruto and a host of other leaders and government officials
