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technicians have been trained for VDR, AIS
and SSAS installations. Technicians are
regularly sent on training courses and the
company also has its own training centre.
Bunker suppliers
In August, Aegean Marine Petroleum
etwork took delivery of the Kerkyra, a
6,290 dwt double-hull bunkering tanker
newbuilding from Qingdao Hyundai Shipyard
in China.
The vessel is now deployed at Aegean’s
bunker station at Gibraltar.
E Nikolas Tavlarios, Aegean Marine
president, commented at the time of her
delivery, "Including the Kerkyra, Aegean has
taken delivery of seven double-hull bunkering
vessels to date in 2009. As we continue to
execute our well-capitalised growth plan, we
expect to enhance our ability to meet the
strong demand for modern tonnage and
strengthen Aegean's leading brand for the
global supply of marine fuel. We intend to
deploy the Kerkyra to Gibraltar in order to
further develop future sales volumes in this
broad and attractive region."
A few weeks later Aegean announced that it
has commenced operations in Tangiers,
Morocco.
In June, Bominflot Gibraltar chartered the
Ruth Theresa to join the Europa Supplier 1
offering bunker supplies at Gibraltar.
Ruth Theresa was built in 2008 and has a
maximum cargo capacity of about 8,800
tonnes with a pumping rate of 500 cu m per
hour, while the Europa Supplier 1 has a
capacity of 6,200 tonnes with a pumping
capacity of 400 cu m per hour.
A new two year charter was also agreed for
the 78,000 dwt products storage tanker
Europa Venture and Bominflot Gibraltar
claimed to be well equipped to cover all
customer's and market's requirements. All
products such as LSFO, HSFO, MDO, MGO
are available. All other grades can be provided
due to existing blending facilities fitted on
board the vessels.
In and around the area, Bominflot has
physical bunker locations in Las Palmas,
Gibraltar, Ceuta and Genoa. Further locations,
particularly in the Eastern Mediterranean, will
be announced soon, the company said.
Leading Gibraltar supplier CEPSA Marine
Fuels (CMF) has reinforced its resources in
the Spanish port of Huelva.
CMF claims a leading position in the ports
of Algeciras, Ceuta and Gibraltar. This success
is due to the constant quality and reliability of
the products that come out directly from
Cepsa’s local refineries, the company said.
As part of a larger upgrading project for the
oil company’s Huelva refinery, CMF has
enlarged its storage capacity and has put in
place new supply facilities, with the aim of
widening its offering in and around the Straits
of Gibraltar.
Deliveries will be undertaken through
DECAL facilities, connected by pipeline with
the Huelva’s refinery. There will be new
bunkering points on two berths from where
bunkers will be supplied by pipeline as
necessary, with a dedicated berth for a barge.
There will also be a double hull barge, the
Spabunker 60, which will supply vessels at
the anchorage. It will have capacity for 2.400
tonnes of fuel oil and 680 tonnes of MGO,
with a pumping capacity of two 600 cu m per
hour for fuel oil and two 210 cu m per hour
pumps for MGO.
Smaller deliveries will be undertaken
by truck.
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