Mozejki Nafta to open Gdansk branch office in bid to increase market share

Lithuanian fuel concern Mozejki Nafta (MN) has announced plans to open an office in Gdansk this February in order to compete against such giants as Slovakia-based Slovnaft, Swedish Preem and German refinery Schwedt in bulk fuel sales on the Polish market. The company sold 400,000 tons of fuel to Poland last year and became one of the country's largest importers, placing behind Slovnaft and Preem, which sold 500,000 tons each. "Thanks to the opening of branches in Poland, these companies significantly increased exports of fuel," said Jaroslaw Krynski, board member of Shell Produkty Polska. "For MN, Poland has been a strategic market for a long time. I think Mozejki is counting on repeating the success of their rivals from south of the border. Now it will be easy for them to reach smaller clients." MN is indeed in need of smaller clients, as they have lost their largest Polish contractor, Shell Polska, which recently struck a deal with PKN Orlen. (Puls Biznesu, p. 3) A.K.