More LPG tankers arrive in Chaman

TAFTAN: Trucks and gas tankers wait at Pakistan Gate to enter Iran.—Photo by Ali Raza Rind/File
TAFTAN: Trucks and gas tankers wait at Pakistan Gate to enter Iran.—Photo by Ali Raza Rind/File

Quetta: As many as 24 tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Turkmenistan have arrived in Chaman so far.

“The first three tankers reached Chaman last week,” Imran Khan Kakar, a clearing and forwarding agent working at Chaman customs house, told Dawn on Tuesday.

A convoy of another 24 LPG tankers crossed into Pakistan on Tuesday while more were on the way.

According to sources, the LPG was imported by a private firm, Apple Gas Company.

“Some 45 tankers will reach Chaman in coming days,” an employee of the importing company told Dawn.—

Published in Dawn, May 3rd, 2023

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