Malaysia: Diesel Shortage Hits Palm Oil Sector

KUALA LUMPUR: A repeat episode of the diesel shortage in Malaysia this year can badly jeopardise the entire supply chain for palm oil, one of the country’s top revenue earners, warned industry players.

Sidhu Brothers Group, the country’s leading palm oil tanker haulage company, is hopeful that the Government could come up with a “fixed” long-term solution to counter the diesel shortage, which has been rampant particularly in the past seven years.

Its commercial director Jimmy Sidhu told StarBiz that: “This can be via narrowing down the price differences between the government subsidised diesel and non-subsidised diesel for industry users.

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