Vitol starts supplying in Houston and Mississippi River

Fri 11 Sep 2015, 13:44 GMT

Vitol starts supplying in Houston and Mississippi River

Product to be sold under the V-Marine Fuels brand name.

Vitol has announced that it has begun supplying physical bunker fuel in Houston and the Mississippi River.

Bunker grades RMG, RMK and DMA 0.1% will be marketed under the V-Marine Fuels brand name on a retail (delivered) basis in Houston, the company said.

Eric Kuo, Vitol, remarked: "For 25 years, Vitol has reliably supplied the wholesale Houston market with quality product. From today, a broader range of customers will be able to benefit from our competitive offering, in Houston and the Mississippi."

V-Marine Fuels currently supplies physical bunker fuel to ships in the ports of Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia), Fujairah and Khor Fakkan (UAE), Hamburg and Bremerhaven (Germany), Canaveral (US), the Thames River, English Channel & Northern France (UK and France) and Rotterdam (Netherlands).

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