5th ship carrying coal for Payra power plant arrives at port

Amid the ongoing fuel crisis, Mother Vessel MV Sagor Kanta, a coal-laden ship, has arrived at Payra port in Patuakhali.

Amid the ongoing fuel crisis, Mother Vessel MV Sagor Kanta, a coal-laden ship, has arrived at Payra port in Patuakhali.

The fifth ship that left Indonesia’s Balik Papan port a week ago anchored near the inner channel of the port with 37,133 metric tons of coal on Monday (July 10) afternoon.

Azizur Rahman, deputy director of the Traffic Division at Payra Port, confirmed the news.

Earlier, four other ships named Mother Vessel MV Pavo Brave, Mother Vessel MV Athena, Mother Vessel MV Jador and Mother Vessel MV YM Summit arrived at Payra port in Patuakhali.

So far, the five ships brought about 1.90 lakh metric tons of coal for Payra power plant.

Noted that a unit of the country’s largest ultra-supercritical power plant was shut down due to a fuel crisis on May 25. After 10 days, on June 5 at noon, the production of the power plant was completely stopped.