After several days of waiting, which made millions of Cubans desperate, a ship loaded with liquefied gas arrived in Santiago. After his arrival, the distribution process began in the eastern region of the country. The authorities of Cuba Petróleo (CUPET) estimate that they fill around 16,000 cylinders a day and distribute them at all authorized points of sale.

Working hours will be extended at the filling plants in order to guarantee fuel distribution as soon as possible. The delay dragged on the delivery schedule for two weeks throughout the Island. It will now be essential to optimize the time of each day, as well as train human capital to avoid further delays and extraordinary events.

The supply of liquefied gas began on Wednesday through the Antonio Maceo, 26 de Julio and Abel Santamaría districts, all of Santiago de Cuba. Later, the distribution will be extended to the rest of the province until supplying the 80 points of sale.

Checking and control before unloading

As established in the protocols in these cases, the quality of the fuel was checked and controlled following the arrival of the ship at the port. As soon as the indicated amount is unloaded in the eastern part of Cuba, the ship will continue its journey to Havana. Once it arrives at the port of the Cuban capital, then the distribution of liquefied gas will begin in the western half of the country.

This is not the first time that Cubans face critical situations regarding the distribution of much-needed fuel for cooking food. At the beginning of this year, they also had to adopt alternatives to alleviate the crisis.

The same thing happened last March, in Havana the queues to access liquefied gas crossed several blocks. The other provinces of the Island suffered exactly the same scenario. What was new, from the negative point of view, was that people made long lines but were not sure regarding the availability of fuel.