ExxonMobil, Imperial Oil Employ DH Barge in Vancouver

ExxonMobil Marine Fuels (EMMF) and Imperial Oil have commissioned a new double-hull barge to complement existing marine fuels services at Canada's port of Vancouver. The state-of-the art ITB Provider, owned by established Vancouver operator Island Tug & Barge, has a fuel capacity of 2,200 tonnes, and can deliver HFO/IFO and MGO simultaneously at a rate of up to 500 tonnes per hour. It will complement the ITB2, which is already refuelling vessels at Vancouver, and the Imperial Oil barge Imperial Nootka, which is supplying marine lubricants and smaller MGO deliveries. Imperial Oil is the only supplier in the Port of Vancouver with bunker storage facilities. It is majority-owned by Exxon Mobil Corporation, and is Canada's largest producer of crude oil and largest seller of petroleum products, primarily under the Esso banner, via a coast-to-coast supply network. Peter Healey, director of EMMF says, "The new barge will provide additional capacity to our one-stop outlet for all marine fuels and lubricant requirements in the Port of Vancouver, addition to our in-house technical knowledge of the various products available from Imperial Oil and ExxonMobil."