59 Million Litres Of Fuel Expected To Arrive At Ortia Tomorrow

An additional 59 million litres of jet fuel is expected to arrive at OR Tambo International Airport ORTIA tomorrow Thursday, February 6 via the fuel pipeline as part of a logistics plan developed by Airports Company South Africa ACSA.

The logistics plan was adopted by Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy and fuel industry stakeholders such as Sasol and the Fuels Industry Association of South Africa in a meeting convened last Friday January 31.

In a statement, the Department of Transport says, on February 1, opening stock at ORTIA was 20.1 million litres. Another 71.5 million litres of jet fuel will be imported into Durban via three vessels expected to arrive today February 5 and next Monday February 10.

The imported fuel will be transported to ORTIA via pipeline. Total available stock in February will be 150.6 million litres.

This means there is no longer any shortage of jet fuel for refuelling airlines across ORTIA, says the Department of Transport, highlighting the fuel industrys agreement to establish a mechanism to share across contracted airlines so that non-contracted suppliers can supply any airline supplier that runs short.