Supply Base Operations

Peterson SBS operates a number of supply bases in Europe’s major oil and gas ports. Supply base operations are a vital part of the logistics chain and for this reason continuous efforts are made to improve process reliability, safety and measures to reduce operations’ environmental impact. 

Outbound

We believe that supply base operations start at your cargo’s point of departure: your yard, or the supplier’s yard. From here, we move it to our supply base and prepare and update load lists and manifests. After the necessary pre-shipment inspections, your cargo is loaded onto the vessel transporting it to its port of destination according to a deck plan. This deck plan is drawn up in consultation with the ship’s master, using software that we have developed in-house. The software enables virtual loading and features the IMO protection zones for the segregation of dangerous goods. Its use ensures that there are no issues or unpleasant, time-consuming surprises during the actual loading process.

Inbound

Inbound cargo is inspected for leakage and other potentially unsafe situations before it is discharged and returned to the clients yard, or the vendor.

Safety at the Supply Base

Supply base activities are high-risk activities for both man and the environment. Obviously, our people are well trained and supervised and management systems are in place to handle all imaginable contingencies. In addition, our supply bases are floodlit, so that daytime light conditions prevail during even the darkest nights.
But that’s not enough. Hardware plays a vital role in safety, too. It is therefore our policy to work only with equipment owned by us, and to replace that equipment every five to seven years. Trucks, forklifts and cranes, they’re all relatively new.

Further Benefits to Peterson SBS Supply Base Clients

Peterson Control Union operates at the leading edge of the shipping and oil and gas services industry, and we endeavour always to just that little bit better than the rest. Our clients, therefore, have come to appreciate some of the further benefits they enjoy:

• Competitively priced marine gas oil (MGO) supplied from own storage facilities, or from third-party suppliers. It is delivered to all our berths by barge.
• High-volume water supply at all quays.
• Dry and wet bulk supplies in all areas where we operate, or at the facilities of the mud supplier of your choice.
• Tank cleaning services at all berths, with controlled waste disposal in accordance with local legislation at the very least. 
• A partnership with a supply base operator who not only has the knowledge and expertise to get the job at hand done swiftly and economically, but also has procedures and safeguards in place to ensure comprehensive environmental protection.