Anthony Albanese announces four cargoes carrying 200million litres of diesel will soon arrive in Australia

Published: 00:19, 22 April 2026 | Updated: 00:29, 22 April 2026 Anthony Albanese has announced four cargoes carrying 200 million litres of diesel will soon arrive on Australian shores amid the ongoing fuel crisis.  Australia has also secured an additional 250,000 tonnes of fertiliser for farmers.   'Today I am pleased that export Finance Australia has been able to work with businesses to secure four additional cargoes of diesel for Australia,' the Prime Minister told reporters in Sydney on Wednesday.  'Combined [an] additional 200 million litres of diesel for use in Australia. Two agreements through BP and two through Viva.  'These cargoes coming from South Korea, two of them, one from Brunei and one from Malaysia. Two destinations where I visited last week and partners we are working closely with in the interest of Australians going forward.' The cargoes are expected to arrive in May or in the first week of June at ports in Brisbane, Geelong, Sydney and Kwinana, near Perth. Albanese said the government will continue to work with Ampol, Piper Gilles and other fuel suppliers to secure additional fuel supplies in the coming weeks. Anthony Albanese (pictured) has announced four cargoes carrying 200 million litres of diesel will soon arrive on Australian shores amid the ongoing fuel crisis The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.