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Danish bunker firm Nordic Marine Oil A/S - a wholly owned subsidiary of Malik Supply A/S - has announced the launch of its new office in Fredericia, Denmark.

In a statement, the company said: "We have been rapidly expanding in both our trading department and our physical operations and in order to secure continuous availability of qualified staff, we have decided to open one more office located in Fredericia."

Contact details of the new office are as follows:

Nordic Marine Oil A/S
Denmarksgade 11. 2. TV
Dk-7000 Fredericia
Phone: +45 9631 3910

Nordic Marine Oil has also announced the appointment of Soren Madsen [pictured] as its new sales manager. "Soren has many years of experience in both trading and more importantly in physical operations. We are confident he will add value to our growing business," the company said.

Prior to joining Nordic Marine Oil, Madsen was senior bunker supplier at A/S Trumf Bunker (recently renamed KPI Bridge Oil A/S) in Middelfart, Denmark, after joining the firm in January 2014. Before that, he worked as a bunker trader for six years at Fredericia-based Monjasa A/S, and as a shipping clerk at Julius Mortensen Shipping A/S (now Shipping.dk).

Please find the contact details for Soren Madsen below.

Direct: +45 6913 2870
Mobile: +45 3021 4859
Email: som@nordicmarineoil.dk
Yahoo: nmo_soren

Malik and Nordic Marine Oil have a combined annual turnover of close to $2 billion and the business employs around 30 people, mainly at its headquarters in Aalborg.

Malik was launched in Aalborg in 1989. The company is mainly engaged in the bunkering of vessels in Greenland waters and the North Atlantic.

In 2011, Malik established the subsidiary Nordic Marine Oil A/S in connection with the acquisition of Statoil's bunkering activities in Denmark. The company specializes in the physical supply of bunker fuel and lubricants and currently operates storage tank facilities in Frederikshavn, Skagen, Hirtshals, Hanstholm, Thyborøn, Hvide Sande, Esbjerg and Gedser and a number of barge vessels that supply customers' ships with fuel.

A summary of Nordic Marine Oil's supply capabilities has been provided below.

- Frederikshavn - barge; ex pipe.

- Skagen port - two barges; ex pipe.

- Skaw road - two barges.

- Hirtshals - barge; ex pipe; self-service facility.

- Hanstholm - ex pipe.

- Thyboroen - barge; ex pipe; self-service facility.

- Hvide Sande - barge; ex pipe; self-service facility.

- Esbjerg port - three barges; ex pipe.

- Esbjerg road - barge. - Gedser - ex pipe; self-service facility.