UAE - Mubasher: RAK Ports has inked a strategic partnership with Denmark-based Monjasa, a bunker fuel provider supplying about five million tonnes of oil products every year.

Under the partnership, Monjasa will offer various marine fuel services both in-port and right across RAK Ports’ anchorage area with its draft of up to 60 metres, according to a press release on Tuesday.

Monjasa has established its presence in the Middle East since 2006, with its office in Dubai employing 75 specialists covering regional supply operations across the Arabian Gulf and West Africa, according to a press release on Tuesday.

Monjasa’s Middle East activities comprise four modern tankers and a total supply volume of 700,000 tonnes of marine fuels in 2020.

The CEO of RAK Ports, Roger Clasquin, commented: "Due to our unique, strategic gateway position at the central point of the Gulf states and as the closest ports to the Strait of Hormuz, RAK Ports are ideally located to become a significant bunkering hub."

Meanwhile, Monjasa Group CEO, Anders Østergaard, said: "Supplying bunkers in close to 700 ports worldwide, we know that enhanced quality and efficiency favour both our customers and the overall attractiveness of the port operations."