World Bunkering > News > Winter 2009 > LUKOIL BENELUX B.V.

LUKOIL Benelux B.V. is a prominent and reliable physical supplier of bunker fuels in the ARA region (Amsterdam- Rotterdam-Antwerp). We are supported by the logistic and financial strengths of the parent company LITASCO S.A. in Geneva, Switzerland. LUKOIL Benelux B.V. is part of the Russian oil major LUKOIL, which also has wide-scale operations outside of Russia.

Our clientele varies from the well-known large and medium shipping lines, to other physical suppliers, and to the smaller niche companies from different sectors. Starting from 2001, LUKOIL Benelux B.V. has grown to reach a 15% market share in our home market of the Rotterdam and Amsterdam ports. LUKOIL Benelux B.V. also has plans to establish its strong presence in the Belgian port of Antwerp in 2010. In addition to the ARA region, we are also active in the Baltic Sea, Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. Our company is considering getting on firm footing with its bunker supplies in a number of the European ports.

In the last two years LUKOIL Benelux B.V. has also been successfully targeting the Russian northern ports of St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Vysotsk, Primorsk and Murmansk, supplying bunker fuels to a wide variety of shipping companies. Since 2005 LUKOIL Benelux B.V. and our partner Burando have been jointly operating Service Terminal Rotterdam, which enables LUKOIL Benelux B.V. to store and blend fuel oils to necessary specifications. Currently, new storage tanks are being constructed at STR, which will significantly increase total storage capacity of the terminal.

The new tanks are expected to become operational in the first half of 2011. Operating our own terminal gives us a competitive advantage in the market in view of the current shortage of storage in the ports of Rotterdam/Amsterdam and possibilities to design and implement flexible delivery strategies. LUKOIL Benelux B.V. expects to continue to flexibly develop its bunkering activities despite the recent financial crisis.

We are closely monitoring the situation in the market and are ready to implement necessary changes to sustain growth of our business. As an example, our Amsterdam office has recently made a successful entry with its bunker supplies into the fishing industry. As a supplier of a wide range of grades, we receive bunker enquiries and provide quotations for the products IFO 700, 600, 500, 380, 240, 180, 120, 80, 60, 40, 30 cst, MDO DMB and MGO.

We can also make other products available upon your request. In order to ensure quick and timely deliveries of our products to seagoing vessels or to other physical suppliers, we have currently a fleet of eight timechartered barges with deadweight ranging from about 380 mt to 4,200 mt. They include several new double-hull barges with greater bunkering capabilities, provided for us by FTS Hofftrans, the barge operating company of our partner Burando.

Should we require a greater capacity, we have the option of hiring other barges for spot deliveries in the range from 500 mt up to 9,200 mt with alternative reliable transport companies in the ports of Rotterdam/Amsterdam. Our team of bunker traders and operators has all it takes to become and remain your reliable partner: experience, expertise and thorough knowledge of the bunker markets. They are friendly and available for your enquiries 24 hours per any day. LUKOIL Benelux B.V. will gladly look into your enquiries for the regions where we have been actively operating, as well as for any other regions in the world.

We look forward to your bunker enquiries and hope to do business with you any time soon.

Main office (Rotterdam area)
Office address: De Linie 1, Capelle aan den IJssel, NL-2905 AX,
The Netherlands
Post address: PO Box 377, Capelle aan den IJssel, NL-2900 AJ,
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 10 264 27 00
E-mail: Bunkers@lukoil.nl

Amsterdam office
Office/Post address: Le Mairekade 77, Amsterdam, NL-1013
CB, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 684 42 99
E-mail: Bunkers@lukoil.nl