Sign up
Log in Sign up
Tue 2 Oct 2012, 17:33 GMT

GB Oils supplies MoD vessels


UK company forms partnership with Scandinavian Bunkering to supply MoD vessels.

Warrington-based GB Oils has been collaborating with Norwegian firm Scandinavian Bunkering AS on the supply of fuel to Military of Defence (MoD) vessels.

Scandinavian Bunkering has a bunker supply contract for MoD vessels and GB Oils has been supplying Gas Oil (class A2) to support vessels for HMS Ocean - an amphibious assault ship operated by the Royal Navy - and to MoD Police launches Excalibur and Endeavour.

Commenting on the supply agreement, Gary Byers, National Sales Manager at GB Oils, said: "We are proud to be able to bunker the Military of Defence vessels with a reliable supply of fuel when they need it.

"By collaborating with Scandinavian Bunkering, we have created a strong team and we look forward to building a strong future together," Byers added.

In August, GB Oils announced that it had been awarded a five year national contract with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), a charity that saves lives at sea around the coasts of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

The deal means that, over the next five years, GB Oils will supply the RNLI with both marine gas oil (MGO) and ultra low sulphur gas oil, to 61 of its sites located across the UK.

Graphic promoting Auramarine webinar titled 'Sustainable Fueling Part 3: Ammonia - next alternative fuel in marine'. Auramarine to host webinar on ammonia as marine fuel in April  

Finnish firm will explore ammonia’s role in maritime decarbonisation at its third spring webinar.
Front cover of study by WinGD and Envision Energy titled 'Renewable Fuel Economics: An OPEX illustration based on current costs'. Green ammonia could reach cost parity with VLSFO and LNG by 2050, study finds  

WinGD and Envision Energy study projects green ammonia operational costs competitive with conventional marine fuels.
Elenger Marine's LNG bunkering vessel Optimus alongside Brittany Ferries’ Saint-Malo. Bureau Veritas verifies methane emissions on Brittany Ferries’ LNG vessels  

Verification enables ferry operator to report measured methane slip instead of regulatory default values.
Map showing existing and planned Emission Control Areas (ECAs). Alliance calls for urgent black carbon action as new Arctic emission control areas take effect  

Canadian Arctic and Norwegian Sea ECAs now in force, with compliance deadline set for March 2027.
Artistic impression of battery-electric ferry for operation on Perth’s Swan River. Lloyd’s Register to class Western Australia’s first electric ferry fleet  

Echo Marine Group partners with Lloyd’s Register on five battery-electric ferries for Perth’s Swan River.
Thomas Kazakos, secretary general of The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). ICS condemns Middle East shipping attacks as 20,000 seafarers remain trapped  

Industry body calls for urgent state action to resupply vessels and enable crew changes.
Molslinjen ferry illustration. Molslinjen order propels Australia to top of battery vessel production rankings  

Danish ferry operator’s three-catamaran order at Incat Tasmania shifts global manufacturing landscape, analysis shows.
Petrobras logo. Petrobras doubles invoiced price of MGO and LSMGO  

Export tax by Brazil's federal government forces Petrobras to double distillate invoice values.
Bunkering of Viking Line's Viking Glory by a Gasum vessel in Turku, Finland. Gasum renews FuelEU Maritime pooling partnerships with Viking Line and Wallenius SOL  

Nordic energy company extends compliance pooling arrangements with two shipping companies operating bio-LNG vessels.
Naming ceremony for CMA CGM Carmen on 18 March 2026. CMA CGM names methanol-powered container ship CMA CGM Carmen  

French shipping line christens 15,000-teu vessel as part of its alternative fuel fleet expansion.




 Recommended