Successful Closing – Mabanaft Takes Over Bominflot and Becomes One of the Leading Bunker Companies Worldwide
01.06.2012 - Hamburg: Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG has succeeded in acquiring the Bominflot Group. Today, the purchase agreement was concluded after antitrust regulators approved the planned takeover.
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Planned Management Transition at Mabanaft Pte. Ltd.
27.03.2012 - Hamburg/Singapore: Marquard & Bahls AG, the parent company of Mabanaft, would like to announce that Mr. Barathan Pasupathi, the current Managing Director of Mabanaft Pte. Ltd. in Singapore, will be pursuing a career outside the oil industry.
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Mabanaft reorganizes the trading business
12.03.2012 - Hamburg: The Marquard & Bahls trading subsidiary Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG will in future concentrate on wholesaling, service stations, retailing and bunkering as well as the supply optimization of these activities. It will mean exiting the international trading in Houston and Rotterdam.
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Change in management
12.03.2012 - Hamburg: As part of the trading business’s reorganization there will be a change in personnel at Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG: Jan-Willem van der Velden, Mabanaft’s current Managing Director, is to leave the company by mutual agreement owing to differences of opinion on how to position the international trading business.
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Expansion of Retail Business: Formation of a New Company in Mülheim/Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia
30.01.2012 - Hamburg: Effective March 1, 2012, the company Uhlenbruck & Kemmann Energie GmbH will commence business operations under the management of Petronord and Mr. Axel Uhlenbruck.
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Expansion of bunkering business: Mabanaft to acquire Bominflot, creating one of the world's five largest bunkering groups.
30.09.2011 - Hamburg: Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG and Bominflot Bunkergesellschaft für Mineralöle mbH & Co. KG are combining their bunkering businesses, which in the future will operate as part of the Mabanaft organization.
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Mabanaft Deutschland is now both ENplus and DINplus certified
06.05.2011 - Hamburg: When incorporating the trading division “wood pellets” and the brand celsico® into Mabanaft Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG at the beginning of this year, the company also acquired the DINplus certification for premium pellets.
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Mabanaft Deutschland starts trading of wood pellets
17.01.2011 - Hamburg: In order to take better advantage of synergies between the subsidiaries of Marquard & Bahls AG, the trading of wood pellets - so far the core activity of GEE Energy GmbH & Co. KG - will be transferred to Mabanaft Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG at the beginning of 2011.
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Jan-Willem van der Velden appointed as new Managing Director of Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG
19.07.2010 - Hamburg: Jan-Willem van der Velden will succeed Christian Flach who is taking over as CEO of Marquard & Bahls AG effective 1st January 2011
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Future Changes within Marquard & Bahls
27.05.2010 - Hamburg: Christian Flach will take over as new Chairman of the Board
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New Bunker Joint Venture in Southern Africa
05.02.2010 - Hamburg/Cape Town: Yesterday, Matrix Marine Holding GmbH (Matrix) has joined hands with Calulo Services (Pty) Ltd. (Calulo) for offering bunker fuels and lubricants in Southern Africa under the name of Matrix Kepu Bunkers.
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Bunkering License for Port of Sohar / Oman
18.01.2010 - Hamburg: On Monday, Matrix Marine Holding GmbH (Matrix Marine) jointly with its partner Oman Oil Marketing Company SAOG (Omanoil) committed to the establishment of world class bunker operations in the Port of Sohar, Oman. In Muscat, HE Maqbool Ali Sultan, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Chairman of Sohar Industrial Port Company SAOC (SIPC), signed for SIPC with the joint venture between Matrix Marine and Omanoil.
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Mabanaft expands into the carbon credit business
02.11.2009 - Rotterdam: Mabanaft is expanding its current portfolio of trading activities into the carbon credit business.
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Continued Expansion for Mabanaft Limited
21.08.2009 - London: Mabanaft Limited is delighted to announce that is has recently concluded an agreement for the storage of petroleum products in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Mabanaft Limited Acquires Thomas Silvey Limited
17.02.2009 - London: Mabanaft Limited, London, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Thomas Silvey Limited (“Silvey”), Bristol with immediate effect.
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Mabanaft Limited Acquires South Eastern Fuels Limited
24.11.2008 - London: Mabanaft Limited is pleased to announce the acquisition of South Eastern Fuels Limited (SEFL) with immediate effect.
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Marquard & Bahls expands Executive Board
17.09.2008 - Hamburg: In recent years Marquard & Bahls has been growing significantly in both, its existing and new divisions.
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Expansion of lubricant business: Petronord is taking a share in JB GERMAN OIL GmbH & Co. KG
14.03.2008 - Hamburg: On 1 March 2008, LSE Lubes Service GmbH & Co. KG, an associated company of Petronord Energie- und Wärmekonzepte GmbH, together with Mr Jürgen Baumgarten, has incorporated the business operations of a new company.
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Mabanaft founds Joint-Venture for Bunker Business in India and Singapore
05.03.2008 - Mumbai/Singapore: Matrix Marine Fuels L.P., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg/Germany and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), an Indian government undertaking having place in Fortune 500 Companies have signed their joint venture agreement
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Change in Management at Mabanaft Deutschland
02.01.2008 - Hamburg: As of 1 January 2008, Werner Greif, who up to now has been the company’s managing director for commercial transactions, will withdraw from daily operations at Mabanaft Deutschland due to commencement of his part-time work pending retirement.
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Marquard & Bahls annual report wins BEST OF SHOW award
01.10.2007 - Hamburg: At the world´s biggest competition for annual reports, the ARC awards in New York, the Marquard & Bahls annual report "Risking Something New - Discovering Something New" was presented with 6 awards, and the first prize: BEST OF SHOW.
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Mabanaft founds new trading company: Mabanaft East Europe
27.09.2007 - Hamburg: The newly established company will capitalize on trading opportunities in Eastern Europe.
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Mabanaft Ltd. celebrates 60 years of petroleum trading
02.08.2007 - London: To celebrate its 60th anniversary, Mabanaft Lzd. hosted a barbecue at Middle Temple Hall end of July for customers, suppliers, and business partners.
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Biodiesel truck wins first prize at race in Thruxton
21.07.2007 - London: For the first time in the history of Bristish motor sports, a truck powered by biodiesel has won first place.
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Mabanaft opens new office in Singapore
09.07.2007 - Hamburg: The launch is part of the international growth strategy of Mabanaft.
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Significant increase in sales volume
27.06.2007 - Hamburg: Mabanaft increased its sales volume significantly in 2006
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Mabanaft sets up wholesale business in Russia
18.06.2007 - Hamburg: Mabanaft sets up wholesale business with subsidiary Slavpetrol
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Mabanaft Inc. established an international LPG trading desk
01.06.2007 - Hamburg: Mabanaft Inc. started trading activities with Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)
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Petronord expands their end consumer business
01.01.2007 - Hamburg: Effective 1 January 2007 Petronord acquires the end consumer business of Klaus Hartmann GmbH and of Digol Energie GmbH. Both companies come together under the umbrella...
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Mabanaft Ltd. invests for growth in UK fuels’ market!
30.11.2006 - London: With UK sales in excess of £1.5 billion for the last financial year, Mabanaft is quite probably the best kept secret within the fuels industry. The company, which has been operating in the UK since the 1960’s...
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Mabanaft B.V. - Winner of the TOP Gazellen Award!
23.11.2006 - Rotterdam: The Dutch Financial newspaper "Het Financieele Dagblad" has awarded - for the third time - the fastest growing companies in the Netherlands based on turnover and profit...
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MABANAFT expands to the Mediterranean Sea MABANAFT establishes MABANAFT ENERGY in Istanbul, Turkey as joint venture partnership with ENERGY Petrol
06.09.2005 - Hamburg: As part of its international expansion strategy, Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, has established a joint venture with Enerji Petrol Denizcilik Ticaret Ve...
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Mabanaft Centralises its International Trading Activities in Rotterdam
25.05.2005 - Hamburg: Mabanaft decided to centralise the international trading activities of Mabanaft International GmbH & Co. KG and B. V. Mabanaft in Rotterdam. As a consequence we therefore...
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