Vickers Marine Oils

Vickers Oils manufacture a range of lubricants for a number of specialised marine applications. Here we give an introduction to the range which is fully supported by a high standard of technical service.
Vickers traces its history back to 1828 and remains to this day a private independent company. Today Vickers enjoys a worldwide reputation as a long-standing reliable supplier of high performance, speciality marine lubricants which are supported by exemplary service levels. In recent years Vickers has focussed strongly on the development of Environmentally Adapted Lubricants, which have been designed to minimise impact on the marine environment. Vickers are acknowledged as market leaders in this field. Speciality grades are available for Sterntubes, Thrusters, Stabilisers, CPP's and Hydraulic Systems and are made available worldwide via a network stockists and agents. At C.E.& A. Co. our association with Vickers started in the late 1940's when Gerry and Betty Matthews (our company founders) met whilst working there, and we have been the Australian Agent/Stockist since the 1970's.

2002 Vickers Oils became the first company to make Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants (EALs) commercially available to the global marine market, in response to requests from concerned customers who wished to minimise the potential impact of their operations on the marine environment.

Eleven years later the use of EALs in below-the-waterline equipment was mandated for vessels calling in US waters by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in its 2013 Vessel General Permit (VGP).

In addition to improving environmental credentials, the use of EALs in one way in which vessel operators can achieve real cost saving benefits through superior performance.

Vickers Oils EALs offer vessel operators the following distinct benefits:
* Meet the requirements of the 2013 VGP.
* Offer superior performance compared to conventional lubricants.
* Have been used by some operators as evidence of continuous improvement for compliance programmes such as ISO 14001 and TMSA.
* Enhance corporate reputation and demonstrate operator's Corporate Social Responsibility.
* Offer a mitigating factor in some cases of accidental leakage.