Governor says new fuel trucks have reached El Quseir and Marsa Alam stations
Walid El-Barqi says the consignments came from Suez and Qena. The governorate is still checking stock levels at other stations and has not said the shortage is over.
1 November 2026
New fuel consignments trucked in from Suez and Qena have reached filling stations in El Quseir and Marsa Alam, Red Sea governor Walid El-Barqi said on Sunday, after several days in which petrol and diesel ran short in the two towns.
The governorate's control room, headed by Mohamed Riad, took a report from the head of Marsa Alam city, Maj. Gen. Yasser Mohanna, on what had arrived at stations there:
- 32 tonnes of diesel and 16 tonnes of 92-octane petrol at the new Qarbawy station
- 32 tonnes of diesel and 16 tonnes of 92-octane petrol unloaded at the old Taawon Qarbawy station
- about 51 tonnes of diesel still being unloaded at the Taawon Gebril station
Checks on stock levels and unloading rates were continuing at the town's other stations, officials said. The governorate did not say the shortage was over, describing the deliveries as part of efforts to contain it until supply returns to normal.
Stocks had been falling and some stations had run out as new consignments arrived late, leaving queues of cars at the pumps and heavy goods lorries waiting to refuel before continuing their journeys.
Supply officials said they had contacted the Egyptian Petroleum Company to establish why deliveries were late and to have the tankers needed to refill the stations sent through.