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Jan Christensen, Vice President – Physical Supply, OW Bunker, commented: “We know what our customers need in this region – fast and accurate supply, high quality products and being able to avoid unnecessary port calls and lengthy waits. With our own vessel and control over the supply chain, we are able to provide our customers with the highest quality fuels and lubricants in the most efficient and cost effective way.” OW Bunker supplies the full range high quality bunker fuels offshore West Africa, including MGO and IFO ranging from 30 to 380 cst. The company also supplies marine lubricants, including bulk supplies, and provides a fully certified offshore slops-removal service, collecting waste from vessels offshore for transportation to shore in full compliance with MARPOL Annex I regulations. Christensen continued: “With expertise in serving offshore markets worldwide, as well as an in depth knowledge of the local market, we can deliver OW Bunker’s trademark quality service where our customers need it. Offshore supply is time-critical and safety is of paramount importance, so it is important that our customers can be assured by the rigour and transparency that define our operations. This is exactly why we have set our own extremely high quality standards, that go over and above the industry requirements and guarantee reliability of supply.” OW Bunker will ensure the quality of its products through the use of its own global standard that is used in all its physical operations. Customers are provided with a specification analysis on physical product orders, which is delivered prior to the usual testing procedures conducted by an external fuel oil analysis provider. OW Bunker Canary Islands is ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certified and is in the process of becoming occupational health and safety standard OHSAS 18001 certified. About OW Bunker: OW Bunker is one of the world’s largest suppliers of marine fuel oil and related services. The Group’s core activity is the global sale of bunkers both from its own physical inventories, where it operates over 30 large and small tankers in its global fleet, as well as an intermediary trader. OW Bunker also provides advanced risk management tools and services in an increasingly unpredictable oil market and volatile global economy, and also purchases and sells entire oil cargoes. The Group is represented in 25 countries world wide, spanning Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa and the Americas and commands more than 8% of the global bunker market. O.W. Bunker press release |