The Bominflot Group has started supplying bunkers from Kali Limenes off the southern coast of the Greek island of Crete in the eastern Mediterranean.
A statement sent to Bunkerworld said supplies had been available from the beginning of this month.
“We see Kali Limenes as a serious bunker station,” a spokesman for the Group told Bunkerworld on Monday.
Bominflot said supplies could be delivered ex-barge or ex-wharf.
“In addition to the main grades of intermediate fuel oil, IFO 380 centistoke (cst) and IFO 180 cst and Marine Gasoil (MGO), low sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) (380 cst and 180 cst) will be available,” said the Group statement.
The delivery barge at the station has capacity to carry up to 2,300 metric tonnes (mt) of IFO or 1,700 mt IFO and 600 mt of MGO.
“The strategic location of Kali Limenes allows Bominflot to offer customers a supply alternative in the Mediterranean, further to the existing locations in Athens, Malta, Ceuta, Gibraltar and the Canary Islands,” said the Group statement.
The Group spokesman said Bomfinflot had chartered space at the 28,000 mt capacity Kali Limenes terminal and had brought its own product.
It currently has some 8,000 mt of IFO (including low sulphur product) and around 800 mt of MGO.
The initial cargoes came from a Greek refinery, but the Group intends to source the bulk of its product from the Black Sea region.
Prices are expected to hold close to or slightly above Gibraltar and to be extremely competitive against Malta.
Once established, Bominflot hopes to be selling some 30,000 mt of bunker fuel a month.
The Group is planning to bring a second, dedicated barge to the Kali Limenes station soon, said the spokeman.
The Kali Limenes bunkering station is controlled by the Greek bunker supplier Seka S.A.
O.W. Bunker Malta Ltd began offering IFO and MGO from Kali Limenes in 2004 but it is understood to have scaled down its operation.
Cepsa Marine Fuels (CMF) announced four months ago (December 2007) that it was supplying from Kali Limenes and Piraeus as part of its expansion into the Greek market.
The Bominflot spokesman said the potential of the Kali Limenes terminal lay in its strategic location close to major shipping routes.
In the 1960s, Kali Limenes was a major bunker supply point in the Mediterranean.
Bominflot says enquiries for bunkers in Kali Limenes can be handled from any Bominflot Office.
A statement sent to Bunkerworld said supplies had been available from the beginning of this month.
“We see Kali Limenes as a serious bunker station,” a spokesman for the Group told Bunkerworld on Monday.
Bominflot said supplies could be delivered ex-barge or ex-wharf.
“In addition to the main grades of intermediate fuel oil, IFO 380 centistoke (cst) and IFO 180 cst and Marine Gasoil (MGO), low sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) (380 cst and 180 cst) will be available,” said the Group statement.
The delivery barge at the station has capacity to carry up to 2,300 metric tonnes (mt) of IFO or 1,700 mt IFO and 600 mt of MGO.
“The strategic location of Kali Limenes allows Bominflot to offer customers a supply alternative in the Mediterranean, further to the existing locations in Athens, Malta, Ceuta, Gibraltar and the Canary Islands,” said the Group statement.
The Group spokesman said Bomfinflot had chartered space at the 28,000 mt capacity Kali Limenes terminal and had brought its own product.
It currently has some 8,000 mt of IFO (including low sulphur product) and around 800 mt of MGO.
The initial cargoes came from a Greek refinery, but the Group intends to source the bulk of its product from the Black Sea region.
Prices are expected to hold close to or slightly above Gibraltar and to be extremely competitive against Malta.
Once established, Bominflot hopes to be selling some 30,000 mt of bunker fuel a month.
The Group is planning to bring a second, dedicated barge to the Kali Limenes station soon, said the spokeman.
The Kali Limenes bunkering station is controlled by the Greek bunker supplier Seka S.A.
O.W. Bunker Malta Ltd began offering IFO and MGO from Kali Limenes in 2004 but it is understood to have scaled down its operation.
Cepsa Marine Fuels (CMF) announced four months ago (December 2007) that it was supplying from Kali Limenes and Piraeus as part of its expansion into the Greek market.
The Bominflot spokesman said the potential of the Kali Limenes terminal lay in its strategic location close to major shipping routes.
In the 1960s, Kali Limenes was a major bunker supply point in the Mediterranean.
Bominflot says enquiries for bunkers in Kali Limenes can be handled from any Bominflot Office.