Swire Oilfield Services is a part of the Swire Group, was established in 1979 and is the world's largest supplier of specialist offshore cargo carrying units to the global energy industry and is a leading supplier of modular systems, offshore aviation services, chemical handling and onshore services. Our parent company - John Swire and Sons Limited - was founded in 1816 by the son of a Halifax cloth merchant. The company continues to be based in the United Kingdom and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide. The group's main sphere of operations is in the Asia Pacific Region, in particular China, both on the mainland and in the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong and in Australia and North America..