Business Analysis: Stolt-Nielsen Limited

Introduction
Stolt- Nielsen Limited is the world’s leading provider of integrated transportation and storage solutions for specialty and bulk liquid chemicals and a wide range of other liquid products. Stolt- Nielsen has a long and rich history, dating back as far as 1959. The history of Stolt- Nielsen has shown the relationship that they have maintained with the customer and reflects the company’s sustained focus on innovation, quality, safety and service. Stolt-Nielsen’s corporate services are provided from London and most company’s operations are in US, Netherlands and Singapore.

There are 6 main different business services that Stolt-Nielsen provides.

Stolt Tankers

Introduction
Stolt Tankers is the one of the services provided by Stolt-Nielsen. Stolt Tankers operates one of the world’s largest and most complex global fleet of deep-sea, regional, coastal and inland parcel tankers. Stolt-Nielsen provides trustable shipping services from one location to another, as shown by the number of regular customers that the company has. Furthermore, the high quality transportation services and reliability of the goods has made the company outstanding from other companies.

Operation
In cooperation with Stolthaven Terminals and its worldwide network of terminals, the Tankers are able to serve customers from almost all over the world. Stolt Tankers are specialized in shipping liquid goods like petrochemicals, lubricating oils, acids and more. Such services could not be provided by companies like FedEx as it requires specially trained staff to handle the goods. Furthermore, after shipping these chemical goods, the company has to clean the tank thoroughly to prevent contamination for the next liquid goods that they would be using for