FFS Refiners – Providing Unique Hydrocarbon Solutions

FFS is South Africa’s leading energy solutions provider, specialising in fuel supply and bulk liquid storage. The company was founded in 1974 and is based in Durban, with operations across six provinces: KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Northern Cape, and Mpumalanga.

FFS has three core divisions:

The company serves a diverse range of sectors such as industrial manufacturing, marine shipping, automotive, mining, energy production, timber preservation, and food manufacturing. Key supply locations are in Cape Town, Durban, Richards Bay, Evander, Johannesburg, and Port Elizabeth, ensuring broad regional coverage.

Contact Details

104 Umhlatuzana Road
Sea View
PO Box 25102
Rossburgh, 4072

T | 031 459 5300
W | www.ffs-refiners.com

Industrial Energy:

The Industrial Energy division delivers tailored energy solutions, sourcing industrial fuel oils through imports and converting refinery and industrial byproducts into usable fuels. Its product range features heavy and distillate fuel oils, waste-derived oils, coal tar fuels, as well as creosote wood preservatives, all at competitive prices.

The division has embarked on the exiting journey to drive the development of natural gas as an alternative energy source for industrial use.​

Tank Terminals:

Tank Terminals operates as an independent provider specialising in bulk liquid storage solutions. This division facilitates the receipt and dispatch of bulk liquids using vessels and road tankers, operating through inland terminals and port facilities leased from Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA). It delivers secure and efficient storage and transportation services for both internal company needs and external industrial clients, including those handling imports and exports via marine vessels.​The terminal sites are situated at FFS-owned plants inland and on land leased from TNPA within major South African ports. Locations include three facilities in the Port of Cape Town, one at Maydon Wharf in Durban, and another in Richards Bay, providing widespread national coverage for liquid bulk handling needs

Marine:

The Marine division supplies marine fuels by pipeline bunkering, truck loading, and barge activities at major ports throughout South Africa. It offers both Low Sulphur Marine Gas Oil (LSMGO) and Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (VLSFO) to meet regulatory standards and customer needs. Its customer base ranges from local and international fishing fleets to independent and support vessels, recreational boats, cargo and freight carriers, and superyachts.​ Marine operations are located at crucial ports, including Richards Bay, Maydon Wharf in Durban, Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), Mossel Bay, the Elbow in Cape Town V&A, the Port of Cape Town, Saldanha Bay, and St Helena Bay.

Group Structure

Calulo is a 52% majority shareholder in FFS Refiners

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Contact Details

Johannesburg Address:
2nd Floor
Golden Oak House
Ballyoaks Office Park
35 Ballyclare Drive, Bryanston

T | +27 11 996 0600

Mkuseli Faku

Executive Chairman

Mkhuseli started his career in the oil industry with Shell, as a Retail Territory Manager and proceeded to be the Managing Director of Afric Oil, South Africa’s first black oil company. As the founder of Calulo Investments, he is one of the authors of the South Africa’s first Black Economic Empowerment charters, the Liquid Fuels Charter.

He is the founding member of the SA’s World Petroleum Congress and Nepad Energy, having served on both committees. He serves in several boards both listed and unlisted and is a Governor of the board of Rhodes University.

He is an alumni of Rhodes University, Wits Business School and Harvard Business School in Boston United States of America, where he read legal studies, industrial sociology, advanced management skills and Executive Leadership and Entrepreneurialship.