A
leading player in the US Gulf Lightering market.
Lightering requires customised
infrastructure, specialised expertise and the preference
of customers for the reliability offered by existing providers
of their lightering services. Over the past five years, AET
has performed over 1,400 lighterings in the U.S. Gulf. AET’s
expertise and reliability result from over 13 years of lightering
in the U.S. Gulf and from extensive training of ship and
workboat crews. In addition, AET are able to offer customers
unsurpassed flexibility, due to the large fleet and substantial
design similarity of the AET ships.
"In 2006, our Aframax tankers
transported over 500 million barrels of crude oil into the
U.S., or approximately 15% of total U.S. oil imports."
High standards of Safety, Quality
and Reliability.
The reputation of AET is built on a
record for safety, quality and reliability. Since the introduction
of the OPA 90 regulatory environment, the tanker industry has placed
even greater emphasis on the provision of modern, well-managed
tankers that comply with stringent operational requirements and
safety standards. AET has established a reputation in the international
tanker industry for maintaining high standards of performance,
reliability and safety and will continue to do so.
"We believe that the major
oil companies, traders and refiners who we service consider
other factors, as well as cost, when chartering a tanker."
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