A bigger office in Connecticut. A new office in Singapore. And the beginnings of an interest in a new class of tanker.

It has been a active period of development for commercial manager and pools operator Penfield Marine as it continues a strategy of controlled growth.

In Connecticut, Penfield has moved into a 6,000-square-foot (557-square-metre) floor after outgrowing its old 2,600-square-foot quarters just down the street in the Southport section of Fairfield.