Terminal News

GKN Aerospace will launch a claims programme to provide up to $100 million (€85.7 million) for damages claims for residents and businesses affected by the May evacuation order, which saw community displacement following a tank overheating at GKN’s Garden Grove, CA, US, site. As a result of the incident, the tank was permanently decommissioned and safety enhancements were enacted. GKN aims…
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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that Ukrainian defence forces struck fuel and lubricant storage tanks at the Yeysk oil terminal, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, resulting in a fire. Yeysk oil terminal is situated in the Gulf of Taganrog, in the Sea of Azov, with its purpose being to receive, store and load petroleum products onto vessels. The General Staff claim that the…
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The US Navy has awarded ten construction firms a combined total of $997 million (€854 million) to build and refurbish fuel infrastructure at Navy and Marine Corps bases globally. The refurbishment contract is handled by the Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC), with funding covering the costs of construction, maintenance, repair and engineering services…
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Manila’s Department of Energy (DOE) has welcomed investment from Isla Import Terminals Inc (IITI) for a new LPG import terminal in Batangas City, Philippines. The ITTI facility has a total storage capacity of 25kT of propane, butane and mixed LPG, designed to receive pressurised LPG, and propane and butane shipments from very large gas carriers, for country-wide distribution. Energy…
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The Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) intends to build one new storage tank before the end of the year as part of its strategic petroleum reserve and oil storage facility deal with Maharlika Investment Corporation. While PNOC are contributing assets private operators to manage the facility, Maharlika will act as a capital provider. The overall investment will be around P5 billion (€69.3…
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A significant fire broke out on Monday 17 August at the Explorer Pipeline Glenpool oil and gas storage facility in Oklahoma, US, causing authorities to evacuate nearby residents and schools to issue a shelter-in-place order. While the exact cause of the fire is still under investigation, lightning due to severe weather was reported in the area around the same time. As of Monday afternoon,…
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Sri Lanka’s government has given the green light to the construction of three new storage tanks at the Muthurajawela terminal. The project will be a joint venture between M/s Indo-East Engineering & Construction and Ceylex Engineering, and funded by Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals. The project contract is worth Rs. 2.8 billion (€2.5 million) and will involve building two storage…
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A blast at a petroleum products storage facility in Moezelweg, Europoort, the Netherlands on Thursday 13 August at around 11:30 CEST has killed one person and wounded six others, according to a report from Reuters. Major energy commodities trading company Gunvor reported an ‘incident’ occurred during maintenance on one of its storage tanks. Initial police reports found no immediate…
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VTTI’s terminal in Ploce, Croatia, has commissioned an upgraded operational technology (OT) network for its terminal operations. The upgrade will increase the network capacity ‘tenfold’. The upgrade will strengthen VTTI Croatia’s network capacity, resilience and scalability, allowing for safe and reliable terminal operations. The terminal has a capacity of 176,000m3, with plans to…
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Louisiana LNG’s $17.5 billion (€15.1 billion) Gulf Coast terminal project is under construction, with two LNG storage tanks and three LNG trains being built. The site will be at Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, between Houston and New Orleans. Each tank will have a capacity of 235,000m3. Project timelines will now focus on completing the walls of the storage tanks before roof installation, and…
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Aegis Logistics has signed a framework agreement with its subsidiary Aegis Vopak Terminals (AVTL) to build an additional refrigerated propane storage tank and its associated facilities at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) tank farm in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The propane storage tank will have a capacity of 51,998 tonnes and have specifications including refrigerated double…
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Dangote Industries Namibia begins the environmental approval process for a petroleum storage terminal at Walvis Bay, Namibia, after applying for an environmental clearance certificate to subdivide 70 hectares of industrial land into six development parcels. The petroleum storage terminal, costing N$330 billion (€17.6 billion), will have a capacity of 1.6 million barrels and serve customers…
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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management Hanford team has advanced the cleanup of the Hanford Site, Washington State, after completing seven months of removing radioactive waste from a 24th underground storage tank. Hanford Tank Waste Operations and Closure (H2C) staff transferred about 79,000 gallons of waste from single-shell Tank A-106 to a double-shell tank…
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J T Grup has the green light to build a new terminal for petroleum products in Port Tișovita, Orșova, Romania, after obtaining a building permit. The project includes the construction of a terminal with four aboveground storage tanks for liquid fuels, as well as the facilities needed for its operation. The company also successfully completed technological tests at its Constanta, Romania,…
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Peninsula and Evos have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop biofuel storage infrastructure at Evos’ terminal in the Port of Algeciras, located on the Strait of Gibraltar. The Evos Algeciras expansion project will include the development of up to 60,000 m3 of storage capacity for Peninsula, and provide dedicated storage and handling capacity for low-carbon marine fuels. Evos will…
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Low water levels on the river Rhine, which connects the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) hub to tank farms, have tightened oil product supply in Western Germany, resulting in restricted barge deliveries and inland tank farms being cut off. The key bottleneck at Kaub saw levels fall below 0.3m last week. At this level, most barges can’t pass, meaning deliveries from ARA to tank farms based…
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Trade union for the port sector FNV Havens has announced members will strike at the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on Friday 4 September between 11:15-19:00 in response to the Dutch government’s plans to cut social security by €6.5 billion. FNV Havens members at ports in Amsterdam, Vlissingen and Terneuzen will also take part, with other FNV departments including FNV Regional Transport,…
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Bulk liquid handling and storage company Liquin has successfully refinanced its existing debt facilities through a combination of US Private Placement notes and bank financing. This move establishes a more diversified financing structure with an extended maturity profile for Liquin, strengthening its long-term foundation through increased capital and operational stability. Liquin was supported…
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Glencore has taken over the processing contract for Wilhelmshaven oil refinery from Hartree as it enters into an agreement with the refinery’s owner, HES International. According to Reuters’ report, Glencore will supply feedstocks to the refinery, as well as sell its refined fuels. The Wilhelmshaven refinery is situated at HES International’s tank terminal site. The refinery has been…
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Taifa Gas has entered the final stage of construction on its LPG import terminal at the Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone, Mombasa, Kenya. Hydrostatic testing is being carried out before the facility moves to the commissioning stage in the coming months. Once completed, the KSh16 billion (€107.5 million) terminal project will be East Africa’s largest LPG storage terminal with a capacity of…
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