Four integrated business lines
Across Nigeria's petroleum sector and its marine services economy, each reinforcing the others.
BLCO Export Trading
Bonny Light Crude Oil (BLCO) is Nigeria's flagship export-grade crude, a light, sweet crude of approximately 32–35° API and low sulphur content, in consistent demand from Asian, European, and North American refineries. Trinity IDF facilitates vessel-grade BLCO export transactions from mandate origination through to final settlement for producers, lifting allocation holders, and international buyers.
Bonny Light has ranked among Nigeria's most consistently demanded export grades for decades. Its light-sweet profile, proximity to Atlantic Basin shipping routes, and established price benchmarks make it highly liquid and commercially predictable for buyers and sellers alike.
Refined Product Distribution
Trinity IDF sources, distributes, and supplies AGO, PMS, and DPK to industrial, commercial, and downstream offtakers across Nigeria. Refined-product trading runs on shorter cycles, higher frequency, and consistent domestic demand, giving clients dependable supply and partners predictable transaction flow.
Manufacturing, logistics, power generation, construction, agriculture
Filling stations, retail distribution, fleet operators
Households, aviation (JA1 blending), industrial users
Nigeria's AGO market alone is estimated at 1.2 billion litres annually, driven by the country's acute electricity-grid deficit. This demand is structural rather than cyclical and is expected to remain elevated through at least 2030 (IEA Africa Energy Outlook 2024).
Marine & Construction Equipment
A dedicated division sourcing marine vessels, offshore equipment, and heavy construction assets for energy, maritime, and infrastructure clients, from OSVs and crane barges to wellheads, dredgers, and earthmoving equipment.
Explore Marine EquipmentLogistics, Trade Finance & Partnership Structuring
Beyond product and asset trading, Trinity IDF coordinates the full logistics chain behind every transaction, vessel chartering, cargo surveying, Bill of Lading management, and delivery tracking, and structures secured trade finance arrangements that enable larger transaction volumes for counterparties and capital partners.
We work with banking partners to support Bank Guarantee-backed trade structures, and with strategic and institutional investors seeking secured, well-governed participation in Nigeria's petroleum and marine-assets sectors. Specific terms are discussed individually and documented in a dedicated investment memorandum on request.
A structured, documented transaction lifecycle
Every transaction follows a structured lifecycle from mandate origination to final settlement, giving clients confidence and financial partners a clear, auditable trail.
- 1Days 1–10
Mandate origination & verification
Counterparty identification, preliminary CDD, terms negotiation, term sheet.
- 2Days 10–25
Instrument issuance
BG/LC drafting and SWIFT confirmation, vessel nomination, laytime agreement.
- 3Days 25–50
Cargo operations
Lifting, independent surveyor, CQ/COQ, vessel loading, B/L issuance, NOR tendering.
- 4Days 50–80
Delivery & settlement
Voyage, out-turn survey, invoice reconciliation, USD settlement, SWIFT confirmation.
- 5Days 80–90
Post-trade
Margin capture, documentation archiving, compliance sign-off.