Dhaka, April 21 -- A crude oil tanker carrying 100,000 tonnes of oil has set sail from Saudi Arabia for Bangladesh, more than two months after the last such shipment arrived in the country.

The Marshall Islands-flagged vessel MT Ninemia departed from Yanbu port at 6am Bangladesh time on Tuesday, bound for Chattogram Port, said Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) Managing Director Commodore Mahmudul Malek.

"As Yanbu is located on the Red Sea, the vessel will not need to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. So there should be no issue in reaching Bangladesh," he said.

The tanker is expected to arrive in Bangladesh waters on May 6, he added.

The shipment is being overseen by BSC amid an ongoing nationwide fuel crisis.

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