A London-based trading and advisory desk focused on petroleum supply from Atlantic-basin hubs into West Africa, paired with a dedicated logistics advisory practice for cargo lifters, refiners and importing nations.
Casti UK acts as a principal and intermediary on physical refined products. The desk structures cargoes end-to-end — from ARA loading through discharge in West African terminals.
ARA, Mediterranean and US Gulf supply via refiner and term relationships.
MR and LR1 tonnage, chartered on voyage basis with performance-indexed terms.
Working with international trade banks on LCs, receivables and pre-export finance.
Route & bunker optimisation, weather routing, real-time position reporting.
Tema, Takoradi, Abidjan, Lomé — with Casti Ghana providing on-ground collateral oversight.
We supply four core refined products on spot and term basis, priced against published benchmarks with transparent freight and quality specifications.
Unleaded gasoline delivered CIF West Africa, quality certified at loadport and discharge.
Automotive gasoil for retail and industrial buyers, with sulfur specifications adapted to local regulation.
Aviation fuel meeting DEF STAN 91-091 for civil aviation receivers across West Africa.
Heavy fuel oil for power generation and bunker markets, including low-sulfur variants on request.
Beyond principal trading, Casti UK provides independent advisory services to refiners, traders and national oil companies on the full logistics value chain.
Route selection, bunker strategy, demurrage minimisation and terminal choice modelling for single cargoes or full programmes.
Structuring hedging overlays for physical flows, using ICE gasoil, Brent and NYMEX products to immunise margin volatility.
For state-owned importers and regional distributors — term vs spot strategy, supplier panel design and procurement governance.