Bunkering
Gazprom Neft Marine Bunker LLC, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, is responsible for delivering bunker fuel supplies to marine and river vessels. The Company was established in October 2007. Since February 2008, Gazprom Neft Marine Bunker has been a member of the Russian Association of Marine and River Bunker Suppliers.
Gazprom Neft Marine Bunker guarantees high quality supplies of petroleum products such as fuel oil, oils, and marine fuel to ship owners and charterers all year round. Marine fuel is primarily supplied by the Omsk refinery owned by Gazprom Neft. Supplies also come from the Moscow and Yaroslavl refineries.
Gazprom Neft Marine Bunker has two subsidiaries: Gazprom Neft Shipping LLC, which manages the company’s own fleet of 10 fuelers, and Gazprom Neft Terminal SPb LLC, which operates the bunker oil base in Saint Petersburg.
Today, Gazprom Neft Marine Bunker has the most extensive geographic coverage among all Russian bunker companies, and has a presence in all key sea and river ports of the Russian Federation:
- Northwest: Saint Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk;
- South: Novorossiysk, Tuapse, Caucasus port;
- Far East: Nakhodka, Vladivostok, Vostochny;
- Inland Waterways: Yaroslavl, Kazan, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Astrakhan, Ust Kut.
In 2010, Gazprom Neft Marine Bunker became the leader in the Russian bunker market, increasing its own “into board” bunkering volumes by 17percent. Total sales amounted to 1.464 million tons.
Gazprom Neft Marine Bunker development strategy is aimed at extending its activities on the international market: Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Thus partnership agreements have been signed with Petrol Ofici (Turkey) and Mediterranean Shipping Company (Italy) for bunkering in Istanbul port.
