Vopak to open distribution terminal in 2008

04 June 2007 08:53  [Source: ICIS news]

MUMBAI (ICIS news)--Dutch storage firm Vopak said on Monday it expects to start its chemical distribution operations utilising state-of-the-art technology at its new terminal on 30 May 2008.

 

The new Belgian-based facility, Vopak Terminal Linkeroever, in its first phase will consist of 60 tanks with a total capacity of 100,000 cubic metres (cbm)/year, eight loading stations for trucks and railway wagons and three mooring places.

 

“This terminal will improve economics for our customers in combination with very high environmental [standards] and safety care,” Kees van Seventer, president of Vopak Chemicals Europe, Middle East and Africa said.

 

This terminal, which could grow to 400,000 cbm/year in the next few years, would service chemical manufacturing plants, the company said.

 

Meanwhile, Vopak had sold its Antwerp-based Hemiksem terminal to the joint-venture unit of Transcor Astra Group and Verbeke Bunkering as part of its strategy for upgrading and expanding, the company said.

 

 

 

By: Isha Jha
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