World Cruise Halts in Cambodia After Fuel Bills Jump Four Times Over
The Villa Vie Odyssey world cruise has suspended operations after monthly fuel costs per cabin jumped from $1,800 to $8,000, stranding about 200 passengers in Cambodia.
The Villa Vie Odyssey world cruise has suspended operations after monthly fuel costs per cabin jumped from $1,800 to $8,000, stranding about 200 passengers in Cambodia.
Lesotho and South Africa replaced Uganda and Senegal among Africa’s ten highest fuel-price markets in October, while the continental average petrol price held at $1.59 a litre.
Fuel supply disruption around the Strait of Hormuz is lengthening refuelling wait times and raising bunker prices for ships, with knock-on risks for freight costs and cargo bound for Ghana.
COMAC has renewed its demand for full fuel price deregulation in Ghana, with CEO Riverson Oppong saying state intervention and the diesel subsidy hurt private operators.
Former Finance Minister Mohammed Amin Adam says NPP fuel tax cuts and Gold for Oil were more permanent than the GH¢2 diesel relief, which he calls quasi-fiscal.