Vela International Marine Ltd. recently celebrated 25 years of operation at a gala dinner in Dubai. “What sets this organization apart from its peers is not the size and sophistication of the ships it puts into the water, but rather the quality and caliber of the people it puts on board those ships.” said Khalid G. Al-Buainain, senior vice president of Refining Marketing and International, at the event. The company was formed in September 1984 to provide marine transportation for Saudi Aramco crude oil. Since then, Vela has grown from a small owner of four second-hand tankers into a major ship owner and an industry leader. In the early 1990s, Vela built a modern fleet of the best quality very large crude carriers (VLCC) in the world -- setting new industry standards -- in record time, according to a report of Saudi Aramco. Today, Vela is held up as an example of what a subsidiary organization should be: --Consistently generating high profits. --Operating the safest tanker fleet in the business. --Providing Saudi Aramco with a consistently high standard of transportation. -- A progressive employer.
