AEGEAN
Takes delivery of the newbuilt bunkering tanker “Paros”

DEC, 01.2008

 

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc., (Dimitris Melissanides; interests), listed on NYSE, announced that it has taken delivery of the “Paros”, a 4,645 dwt double-hull bunkering tanker newbuilt from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. “Paros” will be deployed to the company's Singapore market.

Including “Paros”, Aegean now has a current bunkering delivery fleet of 31 vessels and barges, of which 26 are double hull.  The company expects to take delivery of 21 remaining double-hull tanker newbuilds over the next two years, which will increase its total bunkering delivery fleet to 52.

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network is an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea, through its service centres in Greece, Gibraltar, Singapore, Jamaica, the United Arab Emirates, Northern Europe, West Africa, the United Kingdom and North America.