The State Procurement of Madagascar (SPM) will temporarily provide 20,000 m³ of diesel to oil companies and plans to sell them an additional 40,000 m³. An agreement to this effect was signed this Thursday in Ampandrianomby between the public body and oil operators to secure market supply, after the Groupement des pétroliers de Madagascar (GPM) was unable to unload its diesel due to logistical storage constraints.
“20,000 m³ will be made available to oil companies and will be returned upon the arrival of their ships. However, these might face slight delays. We will therefore sell them 40,000 m³ of diesel to avoid any risk of shortage,” explained Guillot Ramilison, Director General of the SPM. This situation is primarily due to the limited capacity of the Toamasina oil terminal. The GPM had recently imported diesel to supply the local market, but the product could not be unloaded due to a lack of available storage tanks.
On August 12, two tankers arrived almost simultaneously at the port of Toamasina. The Sunda 1, chartered by the SPM, was carrying diesel for Jirama, while the Tormeva, chartered for oil operators, was carrying super fuel, kerosene, and diesel for the local market. According to Marc Renauld, Director General of Galana, priority was given to unloading the SPM ship, leaving insufficient capacity to unload the diesel carried by the Tormeva. The ship, which had about 50,000 tons of diesel on board, had to be redirected to another destination.
The SPM justifies its intervention by the need to avoid a supply disruption while waiting for the arrival of the oil operators’ next ships. “When we were authorized to import fuel for Jirama, we only thought about Jirama’s needs. But today, since the state’s ship arrived first, the oil companies’ ships could not enter. This explains why part of the fuel is being lent to them initially,” continues Guillot Ramilison.
This operation comes as terminal capacities remain limited. “The GRT’s capacities are not sufficient to accommodate all ships at the same time,” adds the SPM Director General.
The agreement between the SPM and oil operators provides a short-term response to the logistical constraint. The 20,000 m³ loan must be returned when the oil companies’ ships can once again deliver their cargo. The sale of 40,000 m³ is intended to strengthen the stocks available on the market.
Captured & Published at: 2026-08-28 08:09:20 (Madagascar Local Time EAT)
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