Agility wins defense fuels contract

May 1, 2009
Agility announced that it won a Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) contract to handle storage and distribution of more than 1.2 million barrels of jet

Agility announced that it won a Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) contract to handle storage and distribution of more than 1.2 million barrels of jet fuel for the Pacific and Far East. The DESC contract is worth an estimated $32 million over five years. Tristar Terminals LLC, a joint venture between Agility Defense & Government Services (DGS) and Tristar Transport, will be responsible for the work.

The joint venture recently purchased the Guam Agat Fuel Terminal and will manage and operate bulk fuel storage facilities there. The Agat terminal stores and ships aviation fuel for the United States government and provides bulk fuel services to commercial customers on Guam.

DESC is a unit of the Defense Logistics Agency.