Baltic Fuel Company enters the market of environmental services of Lake Onega
The group of companies Baltic Fuel Company (BFC Group) on July 22, 2013 entered the market of environmental services of Lake Onega. On July 23, the company’s wastes collecting vessel handled its first ship, the river passenger vessel "Gospodin Velikiy Novgorod.”
The SKAT, a vessel for receiving ship-generated wastes of capacity of 300,000 tonnes, will be working on the lake in the 2013 summer shipping season.
The Group CEO Stanislav Korneev said the company planned for this year the purchase of two wastes collection vessels of mixed "river-sea" class, as Onega, despite the uniqueness of this natural body of water, is not immune to current environmental threats. The service has become popular among ship owners, who now have capabilities to fully comply with environmental legislation.
The Baltic Fuel Company has secured a package of agreements for environmental services, including more than 30 contracts with shipping and agency companies, interested in the service.
St. Petersburg-headquartered Baltic Fuel Company was established in 2008 to manage bunkering companies of the holding. For over 10 years, the Group’s divisions have been engaged in oil product exports, bunkering operations, provision of environmental services, etc. The company boasts one of the largest bunkering fleet in the North-West of Russia, which comprises 31 vessels. Baltic Fuel Company ranks among top 3 leaders in the market of bunkering services at the ports of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region and is one of the three leading oil trucking companies in the country’s northwest region.
