VTTI and Höegh LNG to develop energy terminal in Netherlands
Energy storage and decarbonisation infrastructure company, VTTI and maritime energy infrastructure company, Höegh LNG, have signed an agreement to jointly explore options to develop and operate Zeeland Energy Terminal, in […]
UM Terminals expands operations in biofuels sector
UM Terminals has achieved several notable successes during the last 12 months, among the more important being the expansion of our operations in the biofuels sector. Phillip McEvoy, UM Terminals’ […]
Colonial Terminals acquires Buckeye’s Wilmington, NC Terminals
On December 1, Colonial Terminals, a division of Savannah-based Colonial Group, acquired a bulk liquid terminal owned and operated by Buckeye Terminals, LLC. The terminal is located on the Cape […]
Speaker Preview: NISTM Woodlands
Ahead of the NISTM conference in December 2023, Pierre Legault shares the highlights from his scheduled talk on inspections in remote locations. On 5-7 December, the tank storage industry will descend on Texas, USA, for the 16th annual national aboveground storage tank conference and trade show, run by NISTM. The conference is always full of industry experts ready to share best practices and updates in the tank storage industry. Tank Storage Magazine is proud to be a media sponsor, and our team will be in attendance this December, so be sure to say hello at our stand. In the meantime, […]
Cepsa and C2X set up joint project for green methanol plant
Cepsa, which is owned by Mubadala and Carlyle, and C2X, an independent company majority owned by A.P. Moller Holding with A.P. Moller – Maersk as minority owner, has announced a […]
Michigan regulators approve Enbridge Great Lakes tunnel for oil pipeline
Michigan regulators on Friday approved Canadian pipeline company Enbridge Inc’s application to build a tunnel under the Great Lakes to house its aging Line 5 oil pipeline, a major step […]
Colonial Terminals announces acquisition of Buckeye’s North Carolina terminal
Colonial Terminals has announced it has acquired a bulk liquid terminal owned and operated by Buckeye Terminals. The terminal is located on the Cape Fear River, North Carolina, USA and […]
Vopak Vlaardingen: Expanding for Future Fuels
Alexander Fokker, managing director at Vopak, explains the development of its sustainable feedstock storage in Rotterdam Vopak Vlaardingen is a terminal in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, that’s keeping up with the times. Today, the terminal uses drones for its inspections and with its new tanks, the terminal has an important role in the rising demand for energy from renewable sources in Europe. The regular refurbishments of old infrastructure in combination with the passion and mentality of the colleagues at Vopak Vlaardingen, have kept the terminal young. Hub location Vopak Vlaardingen is a large-scale independent terminal with […]
ERGIL completes storage tank project in Mersin, Türkiye
ERGIL leading process and static equipment manufacturer successfully completed the Storage Tank Project for The Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Mersin, Türkiye. ERGIL has successfully completed design, engineering and prefabrication […]
Vopak completes sale of three chemical terminals in Rotterdam
Vopak has completed the sale of its three chemical terminals in Rotterdam (Botlek, TTR and Chemiehaven) to Infracapital for a total purchase price of €407 million including a conditional deferred […]
Vopak acquires 50% EemsEnergyTerminal
Vopak has completed the principle agreement that was announced in April 2023 and has become a 50% shareholder in EemsEnergyTerminal, an LNG import terminal of 8 billion cubic meter (bcm) […]
Proton Ventures to complete the FEED for ammonia tanks
Proton Ventures has annouced that it will complete Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for the repurposing of two 30,000 m³ ammonia tanks in in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. The Vesta terminal is […]
Impala purchases the HES Hartel Tank Terminal
Global infrastructure and logistics company, Impala Terminals Group has announced that it has agreed to purchase the HES Hartel Tank Terminal. Impala will provide additional investment of between €90-100 million […]
Neste to introduce solar power at Porvoo refinery
Neste has signed a purchase agreement for solar power supply to its Porvoo refinery in Finland with the renewable energy company CPC Finland Oy. Solar power supply from the Lakari […]
EEMUA recognises rising stars for 2023
EEMUA has announced that the winner of its Early Years Industry Award 2023 is Rana Abdalla, an electrical engineer at BP. The award recognises the efforts of new starters within the engineering field in EEMUA member companies, demonstrating their communication skills, engineering application and leadership in their specific specialism. The EEMUA Awards Committee were extremely impressed with Rana’s application, particularly her involvement and achievement in the Net Zero Teesside project, overcoming significant challenges to successfully conduct a Reliability, Availability and Maintenance (RAM) study that addresses failure faults and unavailability scenarios that relate to the power and electrical power distribution system. […]
Santos join with APA for CO2 infrastructure development
Santos has announced it will work with energy infrastructure business APA Group through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the potential development of CO2 infrastructure throughout eastern Australia. […]
Noord Natie Odfjell Antwerp Terminal fills first two tanks at Tank Pit U
Noord Natie Odfjell Antwerp Terminal has filled up the first two tanks of its new Tank Pit U, ahead of the originally projected timeline. Over the past five years, NNOAT […]
IHI and Vopak to develop ammonia terminal
Dutch tank storage company Vopak has signed an initial agreement with Japan’s IHI Corporation to explore the development and operation of ammonia terminals, as they expect demand for the low-carbon […]
Speaker preview: NISTM Woodlands
Ahead of the NISTM conference in December 2023, TCEQ share the highlights from their scheduled talks on aboveground storage vessel safety. On 5-7 December, the tank storage industry will descend on Texas, USA, for the 16th annual national aboveground storage tank conference and trade show, run by NISTM. The conference is always full of industry experts ready to share best practices and updates in the tank storage industry. Tank Storage Magazine is proud to be a media sponsor, and our team will be in attendance this December, so be sure to say hello at our stand. In the meantime, enjoy […]
East Africa crude oil pipeline to use satellite technology
The world’s longest heated crude oil pipeline, carrying oil from Uganda to the Indian Ocean coast of Tanzania, will use a cocoon of electrical and fibre-optic cables along its entire […]
Eneco plans to build a green hydrogen production plant
Eneco has submitted its planning application for the construction of the ‘Eneco Electrolyser’, a green hydrogen production plant in Rotterdam’s Europoort industrial area. Eneco is working together with Mitsubishi on […]
TSOs proceed with Danish-German hydrogen pipeline
Danish and German TSOs, Energinet and Gasunie, have agreed to proceed to link their planned hydrogen networks by way of a 550 km cross-border pipeline from 2028. They initially announced […]
Exolum shares outlook on EU hydrogen targets
Following on from the recent news of the EU’s 27 member states officially adopting the Renewable Energy Directive, Tank Storage Magazine spoke to Exolum on its thoughts on the target. Read the original story here: EU nations approve mandatory hydrogen usage targets Exolum says: ‘The new Renewable Energy Directive sets Member States a binding target for renewable generation of 42.5%, up from 32% previously. This target is in line with Europe’s ambition to achieve a complete energy transition by 2050. At Exolum we are already collaborating to achieve such target by implementing various photovoltaic self-generation projects at our storage terminals […]
Flint Hills Resources plans new pipeline
Flint Hills Resources, the main supplier of transportation fuel to Central Texas, has announced plans to build a dedicated pipeline to supply jet fuel to Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Austin […]
Valleytank celebrates 50th year with safety and eco-upgrades
Tank Storage Magazine speaks with John Hoblyn, director at Valleytank, about celebrating expansion alongside a momentous anniversary 50th-anniversary celebrations finally took place for Valleytank, following postponement due to the pandemic. Founded in 1970, Valleytank now boasts 50 years of expertise and operations in the industry. Over the past five years, Valleytank has invested $9 million to upgrade the terminal. This significant investment emphasises the facility’s prioritisation of employee safety, protection of the environment and first-class service to its customers. The evolution of Valleytank 50 years ago, Norwegian shipowner Odfjell was using small chemical parcel tankers to move products to and […]
Heirloom unveils America’s first commercial direct air capture facility
Climate technology company, Heirloom has announced America’s first commercial direct air capture facility. The facility can capture up to 1,000 tons of CO2 per year, which will be sent for […]
Horisont Energi and Koole Terminals partner for CCS
Horisont Energi and Koole Terminals have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to continue their collaboration to explore the potential development of a European carbon capture and storage (CCS) value […]
Fire at one of Brazil’s largest fuel distributors
On the morning of Monday 13 November, around 6:50 am, a large fire occurred in the Maxsul Combustíves warehouse, located on SC-480, in Chapecó, Brazil. The fire department was called […]
Stolthaven New Orleans: Leading in Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Daniel Strydom and Henrik Olsson from Stolthaven New Orleans discuss trends in the storage of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel As companies pivot to greener operations, there is an ever-increasing demand for feedstocks. An increasing number of refineries in Louisiana are moving into the production of renewable diesel – typically requiring products like tallows, fats and used cooking oil (UCO). They need storage and logistical support, which Stolthaven New Orleans is able to provide. Its assets are a perfect match for storing feedstocks, which often require special treatment. The facility is the closest public terminal to the mouth of […]
Industry gears up for global breakbulk’s most important event, AntwerpXL
Leading industry names come together for highly anticipated AntwerpXL later this month. Thousands of industry professionals will gather at the Antwerp Expo in the Port of Antwerp later this month for AntwerpXL, the world’s only event dedicated exclusively to the breakbulk, project cargo and heavy lift industry. The award-winning show, which takes place from 28-30 November, will feature companies with the latest innovations and solutions from around the world and across the breakbulk supply chain. C.Steinweg, Conti-Lines, MSC, Spliethoff and Fednav will be on the expanded show floor, alongside BBC Chartering, Konecranes, Varamar, Zuidnatie. Other big names exhibiting include Mammoet, […]
Setting safety as the priority at Hazards33
What’s new in regulations and safety? Cyann Fielding reviews Hazards 33 in the UK Hazards33 took place at the NCC in Birmingham, UK, on 7-9 November. With industry professionals from across the globe, the conference was jammed-packed with expertise, tips and insights into introducing better safety provisions into the industry. With attendees and speakers from Shell, Petronas and Petrofac, the event allowed process safety and loss prevention professionals to connect with one another, and build networks to renew a focus on good process safety practice post-pandemic. Lessons learned Sharing knowledge and giving practical insights is vital when ensuring good […]
Terminal Quimica Puerto México (TQPM) announce new project
Terminal Quimica Puerto México has announced the conclusion of a project finance operation with a consortium of six institutions for $408 million (€381 million) and a $32 million (€29 million) […]
