The Regional Secretary for Transport and Public Works issued recommendations to the Regional Port Authorities in order to immediately prepare a tug for the transport and supply of fuel to Corvo Island.
This recommends follows the assessment of adverse sea conditions and aims to speed up the supply of fuel to that island.
The tug should depart in the early afternoon of Thursday and is estimated to reach its destination in about 15 hours.
The tug will unload the diesel on the island of Corvo in order to reinforce the existing fuel reserves and supply the main consumers, especially EDA - Regional Electricity Company.