Canada’s Robix Alternative Fuels Inc has launched its Corris Marine division intended to own and operate shipping tankers that will transport refined oil products along established global shipping routes.
In addition to producing shipping revenue, Robix says it’s intended that each tanker will host a Robix clean ocean vessel (COV), which is an oil spill recovery vessel, designed to recover oil in rough and debris-laden sea conditions. Once installed on a tanker, the COV will be readily deployable to react to oil spills in the heavily travelled shipping routes.
"Oil spills very often occur near oil pipeline port facilities where oil is off-loaded to tankers and in well-travelled oil shipping lanes, making revenue generating tankers a natural host for the COV system," said Nathan Hansen, president and CEO of Robix.
"Our strategy is to generate revenue from the shipping of oil while being ready and able to service a global region in the event of an oil spill with a readily deployable COV system on standby. Robix has identified revenue potential from multiple sources, including shipping oil, COV standby fees as well as emergency recovery and response revenue from deployment of the COV solution,” he added.
Robix, including its Corris Marine division, has completed revenue models, which it says supports the creation of an initial fleet of tankers. Now, the company is in discussions with a number of tanker owners.
