Mystery surrounds ‘stranded’ diesel tanker anchored off Queensland amid soaring fuel prices (news.com.au)

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Principal expert source, interviewed directly, with supplied portrait. Quoted across five points and supplying the LSEG discharge data underpinning the assessment. Fifth story with this reporter. The most recent item in the record.

Interviewed on the PIS Madura, a diesel tanker anchored off the Queensland coast for months without discharging, and on the contested claim that Commonwealth underwriting had produced a diesel oversupply. Drawing on London Stock Exchange Group data showing vessels discharging in Australia within 48 to 72 hours at ports including Kurnell and Botany Bay, argued that a mechanical fault was the more plausible explanation than storage constraint. Disputed the oversupply thesis on volume grounds, noting that against national consumption of just under 100 million litres of diesel daily, the Export Finance Australia contribution of 795 million litres represents a modest addition rather than a volume capable of overwhelming storage, and observed that ports would be unlikely to discriminate between government-sourced and other cargoes.

Subject

Australian diesel storage capacity, Export Finance Australia underwritten cargoes, and vessel discharge timing following the fuel crisis.