Liquin: A Fresh Start

A year after Infracapital took on the former Vopak site, Tank Storage Magazine speaks exclusively to Peter van’t Hoff and Sebastian Margry from Liquin about the Botlek terminal, and what visitors to StocExpo can expect to see on the tour Based in the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, Liquin Terminal Botlek has a rich history as a storage terminal. The facility was founded in 1954 by Nieuwe Matex, which later changed its name to Van Ommeren Tank Terminal, and subsequently became Vopak Terminal Botlek In 1999, after the merger with Pakhoed. [caption id="attachment_58038" align="alignright" width="800"] Liquin Terminal Botlek[/caption] On 1 December 2023, the name changed again after Vopak divested the terminal, and Liquin was born. Overall, Liquin is made up of three terminals in the Port of Rotterdam, all now owned by Infracapital, a London-based investment company. ‘From an organisational perspective, after the divestment of Vopak, becoming an independent tank storage company with a fresh and new identity has been a huge change and challenge for Liquin,’ says Peter van ‘t Hoff, senior sales manager at Liquin. ‘But cutting the Vopak umbilical cord, as it were, has enabled...