The Mer Rouge Oil Storage Terminal is the project for the construction of shore tanks for the storage of 15,000 tons of mogas and 10,000 tons of gas oil with connection of one shore line to the oil jetty. The installation is situated at Mer Rouge in the port area of Port Louis.
The construction is expected to be completed by end of December 2017. STC has shareholding of 23.5% in MOST. The other shareholders are Vivo Energy (23.5%); Total Mauritius (23.5%); Engen Petroleum (23.5%) and Indian Oil (6%). STC has two directors on the Board of MOST, namely Rajanah Dhaliah and Ram Rishi Bapamah.
The rice purchase mission, for the first time, contracted for supplies of Basmati rice and Thai fragrant rice. STC installed its own packing plant and sold the luxury rice through the existing marketing system. It also distributed directly to retailers island wise in packets using its own fleet of vehicles. Following this activity, the consumption of luxury rice went up to over 10,000 metric tons annually. Consequently, the consumption of ration rice which was about 72,000 metric tons annually, started to go down thus decreasing the amount of subsidy.
Fresh fruits
In 1990, the STC entered the fresh fruits market by importing fresh grapes from India. The prices of grapes fell significantly on the local market.
STC also imported some fresh fruits from Australia in order to make the fruits available at affordable and stable prices, to minimize shortages and bring more competition in the importation of fresh fruits.
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