A global shipping company delivering end-to-end solutions.
Through decades of trusted partnerships with charterers, ship owners, and shipyards, we deliver unparalleled end-to-end shipping solutions. With a steadfast focus on innovation and decarbonization, we aim to drive sustainable progress in global shipping, setting new standards for excellence and responsibility.
We have a global presence across all major trading centres underpinned by outstanding physical and financial operations.
Expertise grown over almost 6 decades
Vitol International Shipping (VIS) is established. Renaming Mansel Pte Ltd, Vitol's shipping activities are consolidated under one entity, headquartered in Singapore.
Series of four LR2 vessels delivered from Hyundai-Vinashin, Vietnam.
Series of four VLCCs delivered from Hyundai, South Korea.
Four VLGCs delivered from Hyundai, South Korea.
Further four MRs delivered from Hyundai Mipo, South Korea.
Latvian Shipping Company (LSC) acquired, delisted & brought into private ownership. Two Suezmaxes delivered from Sungdong Shipbuilding, South Korea.
A series of three MRs are delivered from SPP, South Korea.
Vitol establishes Mansel Pte Ltd (Singapore).
A series of 14 MRs are delivered from SPP, South Korea.
Vitol establishes and commences operating Mansel (Bermuda).
Founded in Rotterdam in 1966 by Henk Viëtor and Jacques Detiger, Vitol began trading fuel oil barges from ARA up the Rhine. It opened its first Swiss office in 1968 in Zug and in London in 1969.