Abo Shakra: Ships cannot unload fuel as a result of the dispute over opening credits

The representative of fuel distributors in Lebanon, Fadi Abu Chakra, attributed the cause of the fuel crisis, and Coral’s intention, among several other companies, to close its stations in all Lebanon as of today, to “the inability of the ships that have been waiting since Almost a month at sea, and it cannot empty the quantities of imported fuel, as a result of the dispute over the issue of opening credits between the “Banque du Liban,” which seeks to implement the decision to lift subsidies on fuel, and therefore the new price, and the government through the Ministry of Energy and Water Which is still rejecting, and wants to keep things according to the current situation.”

He pointed out, in a statement to the Kuwaiti newspaper, “Al-Anbaa”, that “there are 3 ships currently belonging to the companies “Coral”, “Total” and “Legui Gas”, and these companies have emptied all their stocks from their stations and are heading to close for two main reasons as well. The goods it has, and the second is the ongoing chaos at the stations, and the risks it poses to the public safety of the stations and citizens alike.”

Abu Chakra stressed that “the citizen today is in a big predicament and wants gasoline and diesel at any cost, and he cannot bear more pressures related to public policies and officials’ disagreements.”