Minerva Bunkering, a supplier of marine fuels that is part of the of the Swiss group Mercuria, has acquired Bomin Bunker Oil, Houston, Texas-based company operating in the same sector and is present in the ports of the US Gulf, in the port of American of Norfolk, in the Panamanian ones of Balboa and Cristobal and in Ecuador. The American company has been sold by the German company Mabanaft. With the acquisition, Minerva Bunkering expands its presence in the United States, in particular by managing for the first time ship fuel supply operations in Houston.