Tensions are rising at the docks. The near-simultaneous arrival this Wednesday of the tanker Sunda One, carrying 63,000 m3 of diesel imported by the State, and the regular vessel of the Madagascar Petroleum Group (GPM), the Torm Eva, has exposed the national supply chain to major logistical difficulties. According to the GPM, the vessel chartered under its supply program will be “impossible to unload” immediately, given that “the State requisitioned the storage capacities of the Toamasina oil terminal by decree issued on August 4th.”
While the State claims the import is intended to “ensure the continuity, regularity, and security of the country’s supply” and was “planned” and “organized in accordance with current texts and procedures,” the GPM regrets a “modification of the supply mechanism decided without prior consultation with the operators concerned.” The group goes as far as to denounce an “annulment,” or at least a “disruption” that will inevitably “affect the balance of available stocks and, consequently, national distribution, particularly for unleaded fuel and kerosene.”
Two major risks are highlighted: financial costs and blockages. As soon as the total available capacity is reached, the inability to unload ships simultaneously will lead to demurrage charges, which mechanically increase the final cost of the products. For the GPM, the priority given to the State’s diesel and the deferral of the unloading of other GPM products will create tensions for unleaded fuel and kerosene in national distribution networks.
Stating they are “mobilized to fulfill their missions and contribute, within the limits of their available means, to the continuity of market supply,” the GPM and its members warn that they “cannot be held responsible for the potential consequences of decisions that unilaterally modify a previously planned supply mechanism.” They emphasize that “prior consultation between the State, sector operators, and all stakeholders would have allowed for anticipating these constraints and identifying the most appropriate solutions to preserve the country’s energy security and the continuity of market supply.”
Captured & Published at: 2026-08-12 17:23:41 (Madagascar Local Time EAT)
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