Bunkering services at Ihavandhippolhu in Haa Alifu Atoll are to be officially launched within a month, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Mohamed Saeed confirmed. The State Trading Organization signed an agreement with the Vitol Group on 13 March to establish an international bunkering facility, and has purchased two tankers.
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The State Trading Organization (STO) had, on 13 March, entered into an agreement with the Vitol Group, the world’s preeminent energy trader, to establish an international bunkering facility in the Maldives’ northernmost atoll.
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STO announced the jobs of 40 people about three weeks ago… the administration will officially launch the bunkering service in the north within a month
I am only talking about bunkering. Now we have started offshore. The President has announced that a permanent international fuel storage terminal will be established within the Maldives Economic Gateway
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Saeed said that the bunkering project, by the end of July next year, will add US$400 million [MVR 6 billion] to the Maldives’ GDP
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“STO announced the jobs of 40 people about three weeks ago… the administration will officially launch the bunkering service in the north within a month,” Saeed said.
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According to Saeed, speaking during a People’s National Congress (PNC) gathering, STO has already purchased two tankers and was working on the project in collaboration with the MNDF, and Immigration and Customs
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