About Us
The Right Product and Service for
the Right Reason at the Right Time
The Right Productand Service for the Right Reason at theRight Time
Founded in 1974, the Bluewater Group is Atlantic Canada’s largest ship supplier and Canada’s largest independent distributor of Mobil branded lubricants. In addition, the Bluewater Group has provided innovative Supply Chain and warehouse management plus Integrated Logistics services specializing in marine and industrial supplies since 2002.
By aligning the Bluewater Group with quality products and quality companies such as Imperial Oil, ExxonMobil and Unitor Chemicals, we can provide a premium choice for your lubricants, supply chain, logistics and ship chandlery requirements. With our customer driven, solutions focused offer, we will do everything within our influence to ensure that our customers are provided with the best product and services in a timely and professional manner.
Service and integrity have helped the Bluewater Group achieve success over the decades and it is important for all our employees to conduct themselves in the best interests of both the Bluewater Group and our customer base. We have taken steps to broaden our product offering to our customers by adding value added services such as freight forwarding, sufferance warehousing, yard space and international waste disposal.
1974
Bluewater Agencies Limited business begins operation.
1992
Ship Chanderling business opens in Newfoundland
2002
Supply Chain and Warehousing business opens in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia for Sable Proiect.
2004
Mobil Lubricant Distribution for packaged product begins in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
2010
Edge Marine Disposal Services is purchased. Blue Water rebrands as Blue Water Group.
2011
Shorebase Supply Chain Warehousing opens in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Operators for the offshore supply base in support of Sable Gas & Deep Panuke natural gas projects in Nova Scotia. This remarks Blue Water’s first integrated full -service logistics operation in support of the energy sector. Mobil Lubricants Bulk Plant opens in Atlantic Canada.
2012
Mobil Lubricant Distribution opens in Edmonton, Alberta.
2013
Ship chandlering business opens in Montreal, Quebec.
2014
Operators of the offshore supply base for Shelburne Basin Deepwater exploration campaigns, Nova Scotia.
2015
Supply Chain logistics facility opens in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador. This facility supports two production assets in the North Atlantic via a 13 acre, 125,000 square foot logistics center.
In support of the activity, the team includes dedicated workers on the offshore installations.
2017
State of the art Blue Water Alberta bulk plant operations commence. 100,000
Square foot facility containing over 3.2 million litres of bulk storage and over 600 Mobil products as Mobil supply point for Western Canada.
Operators of the offshore supply base for Scotian basin deepwater exploration campaign, Nova Scotia.
2018
Blue Water Supply Chain is awarded contracts to support 8 Western Canada locations in upstream and downstream Oil and Gas projects. This includes a footprint of over 400,000 square feet of warehousing and an additional 120 staff in support of the work.
2019
Marine stevedoring company, Universal Marine is purchased in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Our Core Values
The Bluewater Group will adapt to our customers’ and relevant parties’ needs by continually reviewing our processes and implementing procedures that minimize operating inefficiencies and maximize customer satisfaction in a safe, ethical and environmentally responsible manner. We will continually improve upon our level of quality service to ensure that our products come from quality suppliers and react immediately to customers concerns through positive interaction and thorough investigation.
We are committed to conducting ourselves in a matter consistent with the highest standards of integrity. We are honest, ethical and fair in all our activities. We keep our word, deliver on our promises and acknowledge our mistakes.
We aspire to maintain a positive attitude by always expecting the best possible outcome in every situation. We exhibit a can-do attitude as we perform our responsibilities and interact with our colleagues and clients.
We accept responsibility for our actions. We make and support business decisions through our skills and good judgement. We hold ourselves and others accountable to a high standard of safety.
Our Team
As of 2020 Blue Water Group has grown to a company of over 300 + employees. With locations in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec & Alberta our organization is comprised of highly trained and certified staff with years of industry experience. With confidence in a variety of different sectors including ship supply, lubricants & logistics, our team has seen it all and done it all and they can say it all in seven languages:
- English
- French
- Greek
- Japanese
- Spanish
- Polish
- Russian