The Importance of Flashpoint
One of the issues affecting the UK shipping industry at the moment is the supply shortage of marine gas oil. But is there a viable alternative? Inland gas oil is more readily available than marine gas oil, and often cheaper, but it is generally NOT permitted for use at sea. The reason for this is that marine gas oil and most inland gas oils have differing minimum flashpoints (60°C and 55°C respectively), i.e. the lowest temperature at which fuel can vaporize to form an ignitable mixture in air.
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Ruth Runs a Marathon
The Sea Bunkering Accounts Department has produced its first marathon runner: Ruth Kenyon. The second Brighton Marathon took place on Sunday 10th April 2011 on a swelteringly hot sunny day. Having completed the race in an impressive time of 4 hours 17 minutes, Ruth said: “it was definitely my toughest race yet!” Brighton is a colourful and bohemian seaside town so the atmosphere was fun and lively, even if the heat made it harder than expected for the 8,000 endurance runners to get round the 26.2 mile course.
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OPEC - Who cares?
OPEC is a cartel of competing oil producing nations that stabilises oil prices and regulates supply; When OPEC makes a major announcement, Sea Bunkering’s day-to-day business is directly affected.
But why is this? In our last newsletter, we explained how it is the actions of global market speculators that cause the day-to-day fluctuations in the price of oil, and affect our fuel prices to you. OPEC is one factor that influences the decisions of the speculators.
Read on to discover how OPEC announcements affect your business…
Re-sellers for Conoco
One of our biggest strengths at Sea Bunkering Ltd is the close supply partnership we have with Conoco Phillips UK. A leading international energy company, Conoco Phillips supplies large volumes of gasoil to the marine market through its re-seller network - offering pricing in different currencies and customer support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Meet the team
We thought you might like to know a little more about the people on the end of the phone in our Hull office and what ‘makes them tick’.
So here is a brief biog of two of our stars, Ed and Janie
Ed Denyer
Ed started out in the industry working for Conoco selling Bunkers in the UK to a varied list of clients within Conoco’s Marine Sales Department. After several years with Conoco, Ed moved to Harris and Dixon gaining worldwide experience as a Broker and Trader in their London office.
For the past 18 years Ed has worked at Sea Bunkering, developing it’s client base and reputation to the respected and highly thought of company it is today. His experience and knowledge of the industry is invaluable and is used daily to help customers with their commercial needs.
Ed’s spare-time interests include Music, Sports, and relaxing with friends, as well as bringing up a family
Janie Cox
Janie has excellent trader credentials having started the first 5 years of her career with Cargill Plc in Hull, a physical supplier and import/exporter of grain and molasses worldwide. After this, Janie transferred to the Cargill European HQ in Cobham, Surrey where she spent the next 3 years working in the business development and global sales department for Cargill Investor Services, a futures and options derivative broker.
Seeking a new challenge, Janie left CIS in 2004 to go to AdAstra Diversified Fund and was one of a group of 7 key people employed to launch a new systematic hedge fund, trading a wide range of products over more than 50 asset classes.
Janie still keeps a watchful eye on the speculative world of hedge funds and is interested in the financial markets generally particularly understanding the macro economic impact world events have on the stock markets.
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Did you know that, for the past two years, Sea Bunkering has offered a physical supply fuel service for our customers? Since 2007 we have operated our own tankers, one 29,000ltr and one 35,000ltr, in the South East region of the UK loading and delivering from anywhere between Ipswich and Poole. Both trucks are aligned to the Marpol regulations and their drivers are highly skilled personnel and, having worked in the marine industry for a number of years, know it very well.
Graeme Cardno from the Hull office commented ‘Our customers have the benefit of a full service from Sea Bunkering and with it the reliability and dependability we offer on all our fuel services’
For more information contact Graeme at
enquiries@sea-bunkering.com
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