[ Botany Bay Joins Stolt Tankers Joint Svc ]

Stolt Tankers Joint Service and the partners of Botany Bay Parcel Tank
ers International, Barton Shipping, Bibby Line and Unicorn Tankers hav
e reached a long term pooling arrangement.
With nine ships operated by Botany Bay joining Stolt Tankers, an impro
ved level of service will be available to both Stolt and Botany Bay cu
stomers in the trans-Pacific trade. Customers will benefit from more f
requent sailings to and from the Asia-Pacific region and shorter deliv
ery times resulting from direct services. The Botany Bay fleet is a mo
dern stainless steel fleet, including three newbuildings, that range i
n size from 12,500 to 19,300 dead-weight.
Bibby Line Group Ltd is a Liverpool UK based privately owned company i
nvolved in ship owning and management, shallow water accommodation, of
fshore oil services, contract distribution and debt factoring.
Barton Shipping Group is an owner of specialist chemical tankers whose
ships trade in the Botany Bay Parcel Tankers International Pool, and
in the south east Asian vegetable oil and tallow trades.
Unicorn Tankers is a division of Unicorn Lines(Pty) Limited of South
Africa. Unicorn, South Africa’s oldest shipping company, is an owner
and operator of products and chemical tankers and operates liner shipp
ing services on the South African coast and to the Indian Ocean island
s.
The Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group is one of the world’s leading
providers of transportation services for bulk liquid chemicals, dedibl
e oils, acids, and other specialty liquids. The Company, through its
parcel tanker, tank container, terminal, rail and barge services provi
des integrated transportation for its customers.