The main economic activity on the island is centered on the
military bases at Wideawake Airfield, and the BBC World Service's Atlantic
Relay station. The Ministry of Defence estate and facilities are
currently managed by the infrastructure support
provider Inter serve Defence. Serco currently manages the airport
services with Sodexo providing catering and domestic facilities. A
former feature of Ascension was a 70,000 tonne tanker permanently moored
offshore that was operated by Maersk as a bulk fuel facility. In
