Peart Group to launch Bridge app in February to connect bunker buyers and suppliers

Peart Group on Wednesday (31 January) said a new digital app specifically aimed at bunker buyers and suppliers is being launched in February.

Bridge is a smart bunkering platform, providing an end-to-end solution, from source to transaction, on a single, intuitive app across multiple digital platforms – mobile, tablet and desktop.

On the Bridge platform, Peart Group said marine fuels buyers and suppliers can “connect, chat and fix their bunkers simply and securely.”

“We have listened to owners, fuel buyers and suppliers, and of course we are all these things ourselves. It is clear how critical digitalisation has become in every sector in recent years,” Roger Peart, Chairman of the Peart Group and co-founder of Bridge, said in a statement. 

“In the context of bunker fuel enquiries and nominations, digitalisation ensures the strengthening of accuracy and transparency in the bunkering process. This is at the core of Bridge’s design; one only has to see the arguments raging in the UK Government to observe the risks posed by allowing the use of what are essentially social applications to conduct business”.

The firm said the key difference with Bridge is that it is a business chat-based app and is available on all devices with fast registration, instant notifications and updates, and shows buyers’ and suppliers’ live enquiries in one place. 

“As a group, we already have first-hand experience of such development in our other fuel operations, with 70% of our own orders coming in online and 50% of those from a mobile device. I believe that Bridge will become the go-to solution for the global marine fuels industry,” Peart added. 

The Group said Bridge is being introduced to shipowners, bunker managers and physical suppliers across major shipping and bunkering hub cities in the coming months.

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Published: 1 February, 2024