Stolt Tankers

Stolt Tankers is the chemical tanker business of the Stolt-Nielsen group and describes itself as a leading operator of deep-sea and regional chemical tankers. Its fleet of 167 ships, totalling 3.2 million deadweight tonnes, carries more than 26 million tonnes of bulk-liquid chemicals, edible oils, acids and clean petroleum products a year across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, the Caribbean, the US and Latin America.

What they offer

• Chemical parcel tanker transport: deep-sea and regional shipping of chemicals, edible oils, acids and other bulk liquids for leading manufacturers and consumers.
• Tanker trading: chartering and ship-operations team providing global commercial management, available 24/7 through a worldwide office network.
• Ship management: in-house technical management covering safety, crewing, fleet management, risk and insurance, vetting, newbuilding and technical projects over the full ship life cycle, also for third-party owners.
• MyStoltTankers portal: real-time shipment information and booking management.
• Ship-to-shore logistics: combined services with sister businesses Stolthaven Terminals and Stolt Tank Containers, and bespoke transport and storage solutions.

Markets served

Chemical, edible oil and refined product shippers using parcel tankers, deep-sea and regional chemical tanker trades, and inland barge transport on the River Rhine.

Locations

• Europe: Rotterdam (Stolt Tankers B.V.), Zug
• Asia Pacific: Melbourne, Shanghai, Mumbai, Tokyo, Manila, Singapore, Taipei
• Americas: Houston, New Orleans, São Paulo
• Middle East and Africa: Dubai, Durban

Stolt Tankers traces its roots to group founder Jacob Stolt-Nielsen, who launched the world's first parcel tanker in 1959. It is one of the Stolt-Nielsen businesses alongside Stolthaven Terminals, Stolt Tank Containers, Stolt Sea Farm and Stolt Investments.

The company targets a 50% reduction in Scope 1 carbon intensity by 2030 (relative to 2008) and net zero CO2e emissions by 2050. Initiatives include active voyage management, hydrodynamic retrofits, graphene-based propeller and hull coatings, six methanol-convertible stainless steel parcel tankers ordered with NYK Line in 2024, and the low-water Rhine barge Stolt Ludwigshafen launched in 2023 with BASF. It holds EcoVadis and CDP ratings and has run an annual fleet safety competition, Team of the Year, since 2006.