Asia/Pacific News
New Tuas Plant to Boost Shell's Marine Lube Business in Singapore, Says Company
Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) today announced that it has opened an integrated lubricants and grease production facility in Tuas, Singapore, which is expected to boost the company's marine lubricant business.
The facility, which is capable of producing 430 million litres of lubricants and greases annually - and will produce lubricant and grease for a wide variety of uses - is Shell’s third largest lubricants plant in the world and its second largest in the Asia-Pacific region.
"This state-of-the-art, highly automated facility in Singapore was built to support our business ambitions here in the APAC region. It serves as a strategic production hub, and will be the centrepiece of our lubricants supply chain network to reliably supply our world-class lubricants to millions of customers in the region," said Huibert Vigeveno, Executive Vice President for Shell Global Commercial.
"This facility will also further strengthen our marine lubricant business’s presence here in Singapore, the world’s second busiest port."
As Ship & Bunker reported in April, in another move to support its marine lubricants business, Shell Marine launched a new Marine Integrated Lubrication and Expert Solutions (MILES) programme.
