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Gulf Petrochem Expands with Russian and Baltic Trading Desk
Gulf Petrochem Group (Gulf Petrochem) today announced that it has "further strengthened" its European bunkering division through the development of a Russian and Baltic trading desk within its Rotterdam office.
The company says Boris Kuftyrev has been appointed to manage the new desk, overseen by Chris Todd, Head of Bunkers west of Suez, in Rotterdam.
"Kuftyrev has in-depth knowledge and experience having previously held the position of head of sales at Gazpromneft Marine Bunker ltd," stated Gulf Petrochem in the announcement.
"He joins GP's ever expanding back-to-back bunker team and will specifically look to develop the group's presence in the Russian and Baltic region."
The new development is noted to follow on Gulf Petrochem's announcement in February that the company had strengthened its bunker trading team in Europe with the appointment of Maxime Cramer to the group's Rotterdam office.
"Since the turn of the year, our team has been growing steadily and the recent appointment to our European division is reflective of the group's performance in Europe," said Todd.
"We are sure, establishing further supply coverage in Russia and the Baltics by way of hiring someone with Boris' experience will only add to our strong customer offering"
Prerit Goel, Gulf Petrochem Group Director, also commenting on the newest development, said: "our European division has performed extremely well so far in 2017 and this expansion and appointment is reflective of that. Our customer base is expanding which fits perfectly with our long-term strategic objective for the group's bunkering division."
