Shell Marine has received an order from COSCO Shipping which includes the full range of marine lubricants and technical services for seven from its ten 20,000 TEU vessels. It is the largest marine lubricant order for Shell in 2017.
The vessels that have been ordered in 2015 will [ds_preview]come into service from 2018-2019. According own information Shell Marine has supplied marine lubricants and services to over 140 COSCO Shipping vessels.
»The quality of marine lubricants is critical for engine reliability; the application of the right technical services enable ship owners and operators to optimise their vessels’ total cost of ownership. In today’s highly competitive and challenging maritime sector, operational reliability and excellent account management have become table stakes and we in Shell Marine are stepping up to the plate,«, said Jan Toschka, Shell Marine Executive Director.
Toschka imfomed that the level of customer engagement behind the latest COSCO Shipping deal included its provision of onboard testing, assisting not only in COSCO Shippings’s blend-on-board program, its oil drain monitoring, but also providing customised analysis and comments in Chinese language as part of COSCO’s Shell Rapid Lubricants Analysis report. Shell has also positioned one of its »Technical Maritime Hubs« in Shanghai with technical experts ready to provide services to COSCO Shipping.
