Singapore’s Britoil partners Slok Group on shipping, business devt

Britoil Offshore Ser­vices PTE Limited Singapore (BOSPLS), a leading global provider of marine transportation and anchor handling vessels, has expressed its willingness to partner the Slok Group in shipping development and allied business interests in Nigeria.

Managing Director of BOS­PLS, David John Hill, dis­closed this yesterday during an official visit to the head office of The Sun Publishing Limited in Apapa, Lagos.

Accompanied by the Gen­eral Manager, Fleet Operations of the company, David Lud­low, the BOSPLS boss said discussions are at advanced stage to build vessels for Slok Shipping, the maritime arm of the Slok Group.

“We own shipyards. We usually design and build our own vessels. So, we’re look­ing at building hi-tech vessels for Slok Shipping. We’re talk­ing with the Chairman, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu. Our very first PSV (platform supply vessel; Ulstein designed PX121) was launched at Britoil Offshore Shipyard in Batam on January 6, 2015. Britoil Energy is ex­pected to be launched in Febru­ary 2015.

“So basically, we’re a ship­ping company registered in Singapore. We’re primarily focused on executing complex offshore oil and gas projects worldwide. Our complete value chain is in-house and through our group of companies, we design, build, crew and oper­ate our own fleet. This provides Britoil with the advantage of control and flexibility to meet the demands of our clients.

“Our modern fleet is made up of over 30 high-class, strong vessels, the most recent of which were built and main­tained by our own award win­ning state-of-the-art shipyard in Batam, Indonesia, which also has the capacity to build vessels on behalf of third parties. Brit­oil won the award for the most environmentally-friendly and efficient shipyard in Batam in 2013 and we’re proud of that,” he explained.

Hill described Slok Group as a sound entity worthy of any level of business collabora­tions.

The BOSPLS boss ex­pressed satisfaction at the hi-tech facilities of The Sun Publishing Limited, urging the management not to rest on its oars in order to retain its lead­ing position in the print media space.

Earlier in his address, the Executive Director, Corporate Services of The Sun, Steve Nwosu, who received officials of BOSPLS said the newspa­per, as at the last general assess­ment, was the highest circulat­ing daily in the country with a robust online readership.

Nwosu, who was accom­panied by Executive Director, Special Duties, Bolaji Tunji, and The General Manager, Human Resource/Administra­tion, Mrs. Ogechi Uche, said the company, aside printing its own newspapers, which varies from 70,00 to 120,000 daily print run, also does commercial printing for many newspapers and other organisations in the country.