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Aegean Aims to
Develop Bunkering
with New Clients
in the Port of
Barcelona
Bυ Jean Jose Metey | Director, Corporate Development
In the beginning of August, Aegean Marine Petroleum
announced the signing of a definitive agreement with Meroil,
a Barcelona-based oil and energy logistics company, to
secure onshore fuel oil storage capacity in the terminal.
Meroil tanks
Aiming to increase sales in
Barcelona by bringing its
own clients, Aegean plans to
establish in Barcelona a new Aegean
service center and commence physical
supply bunkering operations in
Barcelona by the first quarter of 2013.
The port of Barcelona serves as a
key transportation hub located along
major seaborne trade routes, totaling
approximately 10,000 transits per
year and generating approximately
1.2 million metric tons of annual marine
fuel sales. The port, which also
benefits from extensive cruise passenger
travel, is currently undergoing
a modernization and expansion
plan headed by the Barcelona Port
Authority that is expected to substantially
increase the port's capacity
upon completion in 2014.
The onshore fuel oil storage capacity
secured by Aegean will have
enough capacity to handle the Barcelona
bunker market in the years
to come. Complementing its access
to this onshore storage in the port of
Barcelona, Aegean intends to provide
retail bunkering services to all major
shipping sectors as well as leading
cruise lines, in port and at anchorage.
All grades of Marine Fuel Oil and
Marine Gas Oil 0.1 % will be available
at standard ISO specifications.
Our operation will include major approved
barge deliveries in port and at
designated anchorage positions, on a
24-hour basis, 7 days a week.
AUTUMN 2012 AEGEAN NEWS 13