Intertek, Baker Hughes Sign Global Cargo Alliance

Intertek, the leading provider of quality and safety solutions to a wide range of industries worldwide, and Baker Hughes have formed a strategic alliance to provide cargo treatment additive services to the global petroleum industry. The alliance offers a fast and effective spectrum of services for fuel and bulk cargos to meet trade specifications with Intertek’s cargo inspection, testing, and technical services and the extensive additive treatment services from Baker Hughes.

The alliance provides expert solutions combining inspection, testing and additive treatment services. Capitalizing on the extensive worldwide infrastructure and communication networks of the two organizations, the alliance’s global footprint enables rapid service response and brings added value to petroleum cargos at refineries, terminals and ports across the world.

The alliance offers Intertek’s global testing and inspection operations network with the Baker Hughes services infrastructure of strategic additives inventory, self-contained pumping systems and highly trained engineers.

Jay Gutierrez, Executive Vice president of Intertek’s Oil, Chemical and Agri Division, says, “Intertek’s alliance with Baker Hughes will greatly benefit clients around the world by providing important rapid-turnaround cargo treatment services to complement our established expertise in bulk petroleum cargo quality and quantity inspection services.”

“We are excited about our new relationship with Intertek and look forward to providing the industry with world-class services and response time for cargo additive treatment,” says Jerry Basconi, Vice President and General Manager, Industrial Group, for Baker Hughes.