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Monjasa, bunker supplier, has chosen to accra, Accra, an oil tanker built under the Panama flag built in 2010 and equipped with 8,800 dwt, to complement its Panama Cbad bunker fleet.
The tanker comes to add to two barges managed by Monjasa in the Panama Cbad, but both charter – one to Balboa and the other to Cristóbal – and currently delivers about 40,000 tonnes of bunkers a month. The company said it delivered 450,000 tonnes of marine fuel into the Panama Cbad in 2018, claiming that it would become the second largest supplier of local bunkers.
Every year, shipowners and shipowners around the world transport approximately 4.5 million tonnes of bunkers through the increasingly busy Panama Cbad.
Currently, the shipping and bunkering industries are preparing to meet the IMO's low sulfur fuel environmental requirements, which will come into effect on January 1, 2020. allowing for this transition at the regional level. " declared the company.
As part of a reshuffle of the fleet, Accra arrived in Panama after being part of the Monjasa bunker operation in West Africa. The oil company received all the safety and operating authorizations from Panama's maritime authorities and carried out its first refueling at Balboa Anchorage on January 18th.
"Today, the total fleet of cargo barges in Panama is an average of 31 years old and 3,100 dwt. Thus, the use of our own quality oil tanker offers new opportunities for shippers pbading through the channel and also helps us to challenge the status quo in the local market, "said Monjasa Americas General Manager Rasmus Jacobsen.
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