BUILDING new fuel ships would be far more cost-effective than constructing a deep-water berth, the company running the island’s fuel tankers has said.

AN OFFER that could save the States millions on its fuel ships is on the table, the Guernsey Press can reveal today.

GUERNSEY will have to spend well in excess of £100m. to secure future fuel imports, the harbour master has said.

FUEL companies operating in Guernsey should have to pay an annual fee after the States secured the supply of their products to the island by purchasing two tankers, Deputy Barry Brehaut said yesterday.

A VOCAL backbencher has claimed it is preposterous for certain deputies to try and use the recent fuel-scare situation to demonstrate a need for executive government in the island.

ON WEDNESDAY, while applauding the Policy Council’s decision to buy Guernsey two lifeline fuel tankers, we also highlighted how that intervention is interference in normal commercial activities that government would ordinarily avoid.

GUERNSEY looks set to own two fuel tankers for at least the next five to 10 years, a senior civil servant has said.

FULL details on just how close the Bailiwick of Guernsey came to disaster are only just emerging following Friday’s dramatic disclosure that the islands are now the proud owners of two fuel ships.

GUERNSEY came within days of running out of fuel before the States took control of the supply chain, it emerged at the weekend.

THERE is an irony in yesterday’s surprise announcement that the States of Guernsey has secured lifeline supplies of petroleum products in that this essential move has been brought about only through executive government that Guernsey does not have.