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Stolthaven Terminals president Guy Bessant tells Tank Storage Magazine about the company’s planned new terminal with Revivegen in Taiwan Stolthaven Terminals recently announced that it has signed a letter of intent with Taiwanese company Revivegen Environmental Technology to build a greenfield terminal in Kaohsiung Port, Taiwan. The terminal will mostly handle and store petrochemicals and industrial gases for Taiwan’s large industrial sector. Stolt-Nielsen, Stolthaven’s parent company, has had a presence in Taiwan since the early 1990s, on the shipping (Stolt Tankers) and isotank (Stolt Tank Containers) side of things, but does not have a terminal in the country. Tank Storage Magazine spoke to Stolthaven Terminals president Guy Bessant to find out more about the new venture.   A KNOWN COMPANY Revivegen’s main business is recycling and process chemicals for the semiconductor industry, but the company saw an opportunity. ‘The port of Kaohsiung is moving from the old port to a reclaimed new port. At least one of the terminals in that old port has decided not to relocate, which has created an opportunity for a new terminal in the new port to cater for demand....