HONOLULU -- Aloha Petroleum Ltd. has been awarded a $23-million, five-year contract by the Defense Logistics Agency to supply gasoline and diesel to various military installations on Kauai, Hawaii and Oahu.
The contract goes into effect in January 2016.
“Aloha Petroleum has been supplying gas, diesel, and alternative fuels for fleet, tactical and transport vehicles for more than a decade. We’re extremely proud to continue the relationship,” said Richard Parry, Aloha Petroleum president and CEO.
The Defense Logistics Agency is the energy arm of the military. As America’s combat logistics support agency, it also provides the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force other federal agencies and partner nation armed forces with a full spectrum of logistics, acquisition and technical services. DLA sources and provides nearly all of the consumable items America’s military forces need to operate--from food, fuel and energy to uniforms, medical supplies and construction material.
DLA also supplies nearly 90% of the military’s spare parts, manages the reutilization of military equipment, provides catalogs and other logistics information products and offers document automation and production services to a host of military and federal agencies.
Honolulu-based Aloha Petroleum is a subsidiary of Sunoco LP and one of the largest gasoline marketers and convenience-store operators in the state of Hawaii, with a history that dates back to the early 1900s. Aloha markets through approximately 100 Shell, Aloha, and Mahalo branded fueling stations and 46 Aloha Island Mart convenience stores throughout the state.
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