Bunker Holding company acquires competitor from Glencore

Bunker Holding's bunker company KPI Bridge Oil acquires Glencore Oil's OceanConnect Marine. A CEO for the merged company has been found.

Søren Høll, the current CEO of KPI Bridge Oil, will continue as chief executive of the merged company KPI OceanConnect. | Photo: KPI Bridge Oil / PR

by TOMAS KRISTIANSEN

KPI Bridge Oil, part of the Bunker Holding group, acquires OceanConnect Marine, the companies inform in a press release.

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