The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Marketers Companies Association of Ghana has ceased to do business with Sage Petroleum (Quantum Terminal) and Blue Ocean, both LPG loading terminals in Tema in the Greater Accra of Ghana.
The Association has, therefore, directed members of the Gas Tanker Drivers Association not to honour any invitation from the two terminals effective Monday, August 12, 2024.
“A letter written by Mallam Bukari Amadu, Chairman of LPG Marketers Companies Association, Ghana, and addressed to the Gas Tanker Drivers Association, which was intercepted by this portal, said: “Effective Monday, August 12, 2024, all LPGMCs shall cease and desist from doing business with SAGE PETROLEUM (Tema Quantum Terminal) and Blue Ocean depots in Tema. Your members are, therefore, strictly entreated not to honour any invitation or order to load from the two depots mentioned above.
“Your maximum cooperation is urgently needed as we embark on a series of measures, aimed at protecting indigenous businesses, saving over ten thousand Ghanaian jobs and ultimately protecting $400 million investments made by local Ghanaians over the past 30 years against foreign aggression,” a portion of the letter read.
It is not clear why the LPG Marketers Companies Association has ceased to do business with the two BDCs but energynewsafrica.com’s sources indicate that the decision is based on the involvement of the two companies in Cylinder Recirculation Model programme.
According to sources, the two companies have registered new businesses and are aggressively taking over the LPG distribution business.
The Association claimed in the letter that its persistent requests to be part of the CRM by making its distribution network (800 Gas stations), available for CRM cylinders retail has been vehemently denied by the regulator.
When contained via telephone, Chairman of Gas Tanker Drivers Association, Shafiu Mohammed, confirmed receiving the letter, adding “we are going to abide by the directive of our truck owners.”
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com