GTS: Building For The Future

Jonathan Feys, chief commercial officer at GTS, speaks to Tank Storage Magazine about how the company is preparing for a sustainable future Ghent Transport and Logistics (GTS) is structured into five different business units in the Port of Ghent, Belgium. These five business units work in a range of areas, including liquid and dry bulk storage, trading of waste streams, warehousing linked to car manufacturing, and a venture capital unit focused on biochemical production. Investment For Infrastructure A fairly young terminal facility, GTS began operations in 2010 and now stores around 1.7 million m³ of liquid bulk products. This is made up of a combination of clean petroleum products, biofuels and mineral fertilisers. As the industry gears up for the energy transition, it is very clear that infrastructure is going to be key. GTS is in a fortunate position, with an owner who is willing to pre-invest into infrastructure, helping accelerate the transition. ‘This sort of investment has enabled us to build a new state-of-the-art jetty, with two sea-going positions and two coaster positions, and 30 product lines entering the terminal. This is an investment of more than €20 million,...