Addax Bunkering Services (ABS) is resuming bunker deliveries in the West African port of Dakar in Senegal.
“We are pleased to announce the immediate reopening of our terminal in Dakar,” a spokesman for ABS told Bunkerworld on Thursday. Bunkering had been suspended in Dakar since the end of 2004.
ABS says it can supply all grades of marine gas oil (MGO), as well as intermediate fuel oil (IFO) and marine lubricants.
Supplies will initially be ex-pipe, but ABS is also preparing the 500 deadweight tonne (dwt) Marc L to make deliveries by barge inside and outside port limits.
“The vessel is currently in dry-dock in Dakar but it should be ready to start delivering in a matter of weeks,” said the ABS spokesman.
The Addax Dakar terminal has 48,000 cubic metres of storage space for bunker product.
The bunker-market based on the Dakar terminal was supplying some 300,000 metric tonnes (mt) of product annually before it was disrupted by local regulatory problems.
Much of the demand came from international fishing fleets, and it is not clear how much of the business that centred on the port before 2005 can be won back.
Addax was quoting MGO prices in Dakar on Thursday at $725 per metric tonne (mt).
ABS expects most of its IFO supplies to be 180 centistoke (cst) material, although its tanks have heating coils and are able to handle 380 cst product.
The Addax affiliate 'Oryx Senegal SA' operates a tank farm in Dakar which supplies tankers covering deliveries offshore in the Morocco / Liberia area.
Up to 2005, Addax was the principal supplier in Dakar with an estimated market share of 80%.
“We are pleased to announce the immediate reopening of our terminal in Dakar,” a spokesman for ABS told Bunkerworld on Thursday. Bunkering had been suspended in Dakar since the end of 2004.
ABS says it can supply all grades of marine gas oil (MGO), as well as intermediate fuel oil (IFO) and marine lubricants.
Supplies will initially be ex-pipe, but ABS is also preparing the 500 deadweight tonne (dwt) Marc L to make deliveries by barge inside and outside port limits.
“The vessel is currently in dry-dock in Dakar but it should be ready to start delivering in a matter of weeks,” said the ABS spokesman.
The Addax Dakar terminal has 48,000 cubic metres of storage space for bunker product.
The bunker-market based on the Dakar terminal was supplying some 300,000 metric tonnes (mt) of product annually before it was disrupted by local regulatory problems.
Much of the demand came from international fishing fleets, and it is not clear how much of the business that centred on the port before 2005 can be won back.
Addax was quoting MGO prices in Dakar on Thursday at $725 per metric tonne (mt).
ABS expects most of its IFO supplies to be 180 centistoke (cst) material, although its tanks have heating coils and are able to handle 380 cst product.
The Addax affiliate 'Oryx Senegal SA' operates a tank farm in Dakar which supplies tankers covering deliveries offshore in the Morocco / Liberia area.
Up to 2005, Addax was the principal supplier in Dakar with an estimated market share of 80%.