Nine days more diesel supply

The Herald reports:

The Government has signed a “letter of intent” with Z Energy to procure 90 million litres of diesel, which is the equivalent of an additional nine days’ supply. 

The fuel will be delivered to Marsden Point, either as a single cargo or two cargoes. It will be stored here in a refurbished tank, which is expected to be available for use from early June.

This is a very important, even vital, thing to do. We currently have sufficient supply into NZ. But when or if that diminishes, what will be vital is how many days storage we have in NZ.

There is no point in reducing demand if we don’t have the storage capacity. Doing one without the other, will just mean we start turning tankers away as there is no storage for them.