Logistics and distribution are at the core of the business; shipping raw materials to where they can be refined or processed and then used, or transported to areas where there is a deficit. For oil, this means shipping crude in large tankers to refineries, and then shipping the refined product to where it is consumed. Biva Shipping B.V. both owns and charters ships to deliver crude oil and oil products, as well as coal, bitumen, chemicals and pressurised gas. At any one time we have 250 ships at sea and in 2018 chartered 6,843 ship journeys.Biva Shipping B.V. is the largest spot charterer in the world and manages a fleet of around 100 time-charter vessels.
Crude oil transportation is the backbone of our business at Biva Shipping B.V. . It's how we started the company many years ago and served as the basis of our company for the last 20 years. Biva Shipping B.V. dominates one third of domestic crude oil transportation market share servicing for Biva Shipping B.V. and other major domestic Oil Companies. As a national strategic resources, we transport crude oil based on long-term contract with safety in mind service. Continuous safe operations build our company as a "reliable transportation partner". We are in good relationship with worldwide oil majors, Asian oil majors and trading companies including Japanese and Chinese companies. And we will try to expand our customers and transportation volume.