BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH US

DRIVING THE OUTCOMES THAT MATTER TO YOU

Innovative Marine Fuel Testing Market Leader - VPS has 50% global market share for marine fuel quality testing creating the largest marine fuel quality database in the world, used to support customers with the very latest and most comprehensive operational and procurement advice.

Reliable & Consistent Results - VPS has ISO17025 accreditation for each laboratory and every ISO8217 test. This delivers “Peace-of-Mind” to each of our customers, knowing the quality of data produced is to the highest standard.        

Objective & Independent - VPS provides unbiased reporting as we are independent with no conflict of interest from fuel/oil suppliers, OEMs or classification societies.

ONE GLOBAL NETWORK, ONE STANDARD OF TRUST

BENEFITS OF OUR GLOBAL COVERAGE

Global Coverage – Supporting our customers at both a global and local level, ensuring high quality, yet rapid services is so important. VPS now has 5 wholly-owned dedicated marine fuel testing labs located strategically in Singapore, Rotterdam, Houston, Fujairah and Shanghai. We also have support offices present in 10 countries (NL, DE, UK, GR, NO, SIN, JAP, UAE, US, China). Our Technical Advisors are available 24 hours per day, with people possessing deep knowledge on marine fuel and oil.  

Fastest Delivery – To ensure rapid turnaround of sample testing and reporting, vital to vessel operations, the VPS Samplogic on-line logistics platform provides unparalleled sample collection and delivery, performance.          

Resilience – VPS provides unmatched contingency: Easy to transfer samples to other VPS-owned labs with capacity & capability, avoiding delays & ensuring testing, despite any political or natural disasters.

INNOVATION YOU CAN TRUST, GUIDANCE YOU CAN ACT ON

Benefits of Our Know-How

Market Leading Innovation – VPS provides greater protection and insights into the fuels and oils you use, based on over 45 years experience. We have led the way in the development of new testing methods and digitalisation services e.g. GCMS, WAT/WDT, Fuel System Checks, Additional Protection Service, VLSFO Insights, PortStats, FuelStats, MyFuels.

Best Technical Advice – Over 1,000 customer companies benefit from VPS unparalleled knowledge and experience. We are the pioneers of Marine fuel quality testing and advisory services, testing the very first marine fuel sample in 1981. We have highly qualified In-house Marine Engineers & Chemists in all locations. Because we are the largest, our current and historic test result data set is unrivalled, enabling us to provide unique and fact-based advice. 

INDEPENDENT INSIGHT YOU CAN TRUST, DECISIONS YOU CAN RELY ON

Benefits of Our Objectivity

Savings on Fuel Procurement & Extended Maintenance Intervals – VPS has unparalleled current and historic marine fuel quality data and insight, providing customer procurement  and operational improvements via benchmarked fuel grade quality and supplier performance.

Instrumental in Dispute Resolution – Fuel disputes are challenging for all parties, time-consuming and costly. To support our customers, VPS has the best forensic capabilities with teams of marine engineers & chemists.

Transparent – VPS welcomes visitors to our state-of-the-art laboratory facilities anytime. Our door is always open.