Astramar Agency Group started her activity in September 1993 as a private company, now with offices in Ventspils, Riga, Liepaja, Salacgriva, Klaipeda, Butinge, Tallinn, Primorsk, St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Kaliningrad and Rotterdam. Head office for tanker business is located in Ventspils.   Astramara at Butinge was registered on July 18th, 1999 when the first vessel was loaded there (mt Centaur) and since the moment we have arranged unclaimable agency service for about of 85% of all vessels loaded there. During this period our team has obtained valuable knowledge and big experience while handling the cargo from  Shore to Ship in the most smooth way as we are aware of all specific conditions of loading crude oil at SPM, export customs formalities as well as Shippers' demands to the Ship and the Terminal.   The company have gained a good reputation of experienced and reliable agents among such companies as BP Shipping, Shell Shipping and Trading, Yukos, Glencore International, Sibneft Oil Trading, Fortum OY, Sinochem, Latvian Shipping Company, Vitol and others. Energy, experience, imagination and resposinility characterize our staff while present agency activities are for vessels loading mainly crude oil, fuel oil, gasoil and gasoline. We also have a good experience with such cargoes as timber and muriate of potash.   We work for the Client so that to *arrange accelerated and safe loading of a vessel *minimize possible demurrage *providing professional and timely information referred to vessel's stay at port *supply with useful commercial logistics referred to cargo flows and  vessels' movements.