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Monjasa reports that it has expanded its coverage in the English Channel to also include northern France.

The bunker firm is now able to offer deliveries in Calais, Dieppe, Dunkerque, Le Havre - and all the way to Brest.

The first bunker stems were completed in Le Havre and Calais last week and were all in the range of 1,400 to 1,750 metric tonnes.

Currently, the vessels MT Fredericia and MT Skaw Provider are engaged in performing ship-to-ship deliveries in the Channel.

Up until the expansion into northern France, Monjasa's vessels have been supplying intermediate fuel oil (IFO) and marine gas oil (MGO) in Portland, Tongue Anchorage and Falmouth areas.

Monjasa started an exclusive bunker supply service in the Channel after taking over the oil terminal operations in Portland back in 2015. The service was launched as an alternative for shipowners and operators taking bunkers in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region.

"Flexibility and short waiting time make the less crowded port areas in the Channel appealing alternatives to taking bunkers in ARA. As an example, we see VLCCs profiting by this solution in connection with short-term berthing at oil terminals in Rotterdam, where bunkering is not an option. We are satisfied with the current development considering the continuous challenging shipping markets," commented Svend Molholt, Monjasa Group COO.

Last month, Monjasa confirmed it had acquired the MT Fredericia for continued bunker operation in the Channel. The vessel had been on time charter with Monjasa for a number of years prior to the acquisition.

In May 2017, the 2012-built, 2,400-deadweight-tonne (dwt) M/T Antares was added as a permanent bunker vessel in Skagen, Denmark, with the former fixed Skagen vessel, Skaw Provider, retained to meet growing demand in the Channel.