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Branch 02 / UK / Founded 2019 / London HQ

Casti UK.
Trading desk,
logistics brain.

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.

Brent / bbl
82.40
+0.62 · +0.76%
WTI / bbl
78.15
+0.48 · +0.62%
Gasoil ICE
742
−4.10 · −0.55%
Gasoline CIF
86.90
+0.24
Jet CIF
94.12
+1.08
Fuel Oil 3.5
482
−2.30
Operations

From refinery to receiver.

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.

01 / Source

Loadport

ARA, Mediterranean and US Gulf supply via refiner and term relationships.

02 / Charter

Vessel

MR and LR1 tonnage, chartered on voyage basis with performance-indexed terms.

03 / Finance

Trade finance

Working with international trade banks on LCs, receivables and pre-export finance.

04 / Voyage

In transit

Route & bunker optimisation, weather routing, real-time position reporting.

05 / Discharge

Receipt

Tema, Takoradi, Abidjan, Lomé — with Casti Ghana providing on-ground collateral oversight.

Supply

Refined products.

We supply four core refined products on spot and term basis, priced against published benchmarks with transparent freight and quality specifications.

PRODUCT 01

Gasoline

PMS / EN 228 / RON 91–95

Unleaded gasoline delivered CIF West Africa, quality certified at loadport and discharge.

PRODUCT 02

Gasoil

AGO / 50 ppm / 500 ppm

Automotive gasoil for retail and industrial buyers, with sulfur specifications adapted to local regulation.

PRODUCT 03

Jet A-1

JET A-1 / DEF STAN 91-091

Aviation fuel meeting DEF STAN 91-091 for civil aviation receivers across West Africa.

PRODUCT 04

Fuel Oil

HFO / 380 cSt / 3.5% S

Heavy fuel oil for power generation and bunker markets, including low-sulfur variants on request.

Advisory

Logistics & consulting.

Beyond principal trading, Casti UK provides independent advisory services to refiners, traders and national oil companies on the full logistics value chain.

01 / Logistics

Voyage & chartering optimisation

Route selection, bunker strategy, demurrage minimisation and terminal choice modelling for single cargoes or full programmes.

02 / Trading

Price-risk & hedging

Structuring hedging overlays for physical flows, using ICE gasoil, Brent and NYMEX products to immunise margin volatility.

03 / Strategy

Market entry & supply strategy

For state-owned importers and regional distributors — term vs spot strategy, supplier panel design and procurement governance.

Cross-branch

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