NEW YORK , June 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Aegean Marine
Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW ) ("Aegean" or the "Company") today announced the launch of a
new service center in Savannah, Georgia, the third largest container port in the United
States.
The operations in Savannah will be managed by the existing Aegean U.S. team.
Under the terms of the agreement with Colonial Terminals, Inc., Aegean will lease tankage from Colonial's oil terminal on the
Savannah River. Aegean will acquire and blend a full range of bunker fuel products and has agreed to supply Colonial Oil
Industries, Inc. with a range of No. 6 oil products for Colonial's truck delivery business. Aegean has contracted with the
Vane Brothers Company to provide barge services in the port.
Manolis Chochlakis, Regional Manager of the Americas for Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, said, "We are pleased to
announce the launch of our new service center in Savannah, which strengthens our existing
presence in the U.S. East Coast market. Our core customer base will get a price competitive offering in a critical
container market that has been underserved since Colonial's exit from the business in 2013. Aegean's expansion
into the U.S. Southeast Coast will enhance the flexibility and reach of our supply network and enable us to better serve our
customers."
Mr. Chochlakis concluded, "The Colonial Group is an experienced group that knows how to store, blend and distribute
marine fuels. We are excited to partner with them to bring Savannah back to prominence as
a marine fuel market."
The Colonial lease and supply agreement begins July 1, 2017.
About Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. is an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically
supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea. The Company procures product from various sources (such
as refineries, oil producers, and traders) and resells it to a diverse group of customers across all major commercial shipping
sectors and leading cruise lines. Currently, Aegean has a global presence in over 29 markets and a team of professionals ready to
serve our customers wherever they are around the globe. For additional information please visit: www.ampni.com
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Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage
companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning
plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are
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operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these
assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and
contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve
or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ
materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include our ability to manage growth, our ability to maintain
our business in light of our proposed business and location expansion, our ability to obtain double hull secondhand bunkering
tankers, the outcome of legal, tax or regulatory proceedings to which we may become a party, adverse conditions in the shipping
or the marine fuel supply industries, our ability to retain our key suppliers and key customers, material disruptions in the
availability or supply of crude oil or refined petroleum products, changes in the market price of petroleum, including the
volatility of spot pricing, increased levels of competition, compliance or lack of compliance with various environmental and
other applicable laws and regulations, our ability to collect accounts receivable, changes in the political, economic or
regulatory conditions in the markets in which we operate, and the world in general, our failure to hedge certain financial risks
associated with our business, our ability to maintain our current tax treatments and our failure to comply with restrictions in
our credit agreements and other factors. Please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 20-F,
Form 6-K and otherwise for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.
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