About Us

The Right Product and Service for
the Right Reason at the Right Time

The Right Product
and Service for the
Right Reason
at the
Right 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.

Integrity

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.

Attitude

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.

Accountability

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

The Bluewater Group is extremely proud to announce that they have been chosen as a new platinum member of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. This prestigious recognition recognizes best-in-class of Canadian owned and managed companies demonstrating strategy, capability and commitment to achieve on-going sustainable growth.

“The Bluewater Group is very honoured to have achieved the highest standard for Canada’s Best Managed Companies,” said Bluewater Group’s President and Chief Executive Officer Pat Wilson. “2020 was a tough year no doubt, but I am proud of how we have responded to the challenges we have faced. The positive feedback we have received from our clients with regards to our resilience, is a reminder that we have an excellent group of people within our company. For the Bluewater Group to achieve this designation reinforces our ‘Customer Driven, Solution Focused’ vision.”