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Michele Urness News

21 Feb 2011

Bremner Joins Multi Service

Multi Service, the transaction management company responsible for online bunker procurement technology currently utilized by major government entities worldwide, announced today the addition of James Bremner to the maritime solutions team. Bremner will lead product and business development efforts for the company’s online bunker procurement systems. “Our government program has gained solid traction in the marketplace,” said Michele Urness, senior vice president of Multi Service,” and has illustrated the value of an online transaction network in the bunker industry.” In fact, more than 220,000 metric tonnes of fuel were run through the company’s bunker procurement solution in 2010…

18 Aug 2010

Marine Fuels: A Better Procurement Process

Web-based Procurement Management Systems Standardize Purchasing Procedures, Increase Transaction Oversight and Streamline Accounting Processes for the U.S. The Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), a field activity of the Defense Logistics Agency and an agency within the U.S. Government Department of Defense, is responsible for the procurement of all energy-related resources in support of the warfighters of the U.S. DESC program management began implementing card programs for the purchase of ground and aviation fuel in the mid-1990s. The success of these programs led to the formal creation of the Government Fuel Card Program Office in 2006. The department’s focus was to implement, manage, and improve fuel procurement services offered by the DESC.