The Chevron Shipping Company transports crude oil, refined products, liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas to customers worldwide. During 2008, we managed approximately 3,000 deep-sea tanker voyages using a combination of single-voyage charters, short- and medium-term time charters, the company-owned fleet, and a bareboat-chartered fleet.
Headquartered in San Ramon, California, Chevron Shipping also maintains regional offices in the major trading centers of Houston, London and Singapore. We offer a full range of services: transportation, commercial arrangements, risk management, and technical and marine operations consulting.
We commissioned our first tanker ship — an oil-fired steamer dubbed the George Loomis — in 1895. In 1920, we launched the first American tanker equipped with diesel-electric-drive propulsion. Our fleet has grown steadily from the days when barrels of oil were rolled onto the decks of sailing ships to the technically advanced supertankers of today.
In 2008, Chevron took delivery of one U.S.-flagged product tanker capable of carrying 300,000 barrels of cargo. Two additional U.S.-flagged product tankers are scheduled for delivery in 2010.
To protect the environment, all of Chevron's owned and bareboat-chartered fleet is double-hulled.
Updated: March 2009