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‘Criminal act’ not ruled out in French explosions - Storage Terminals Magazine
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Criminal act’ not ruled out in French explosions. France’s interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve has sent an urgent instruction to regional and local officials following an explosion at two storage tanks of the LyondellBasell petrochemical complex in l’Étang-de-Berre, near Marseilles. Local officials have been told to make immediate contact with managers of sensitive industrial sites, particularly those covered by Seveso regulations. Published by MEDIA36 Ltd.
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Ethanol unit train to serve Little Rock. 26072016. Genesee and Wyoming Inc subsidiary Arkansas Midland Railroad Company (AKMD) is to offer the first ethanol unit train service for the North Little Rock,. BP offloading UK terminals? 26072016. Platts reports that BP is selling part of its stake in a major UK oil products pipeline system supplying fuel to London’s Gatwick and Heathrow airports. S Africa wants more storage. No change in Barca. Oil still flows at Rotterdam. Enterprise loads PGP exports. 20072...
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BTT at half-million mark - Storage Terminals Magazine
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BTT at half-million mark. On 21 July 2015, Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT) reached the milestone of half a million tonnes handled by rail. The loading/unloading station has two rail tracks with a length of 340m. A block train of 24 wagons can be handled with expansion possibilities up to 30 wagons. With a capacity of 400 tonnes per hour, six wagons can simultaneously be loaded or discharged. Accordingly, two block trains a day can be handled. Published by MEDIA36 Ltd.
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Good first half for low country neighbours - Storage Terminals Magazine
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Good first half for low country neighbours. Throughput of liquid bulk at port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, increased by 15.4% in the first half of this year. Just over the border in Belgium, port of Antwerp saw liquid bulk volumes rise during the past six months by 7.4% to nearly 33 million tonnes. Handling of oil derivatives did well, up 2.8% to 23 million tonnes, but chemicals saw the biggest growth, rising by 32% to 7.2 million tonnes. Since 2012, LNG has been collected by truck at an import termina...
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NuStar gets dock go-ahead - Storage Terminals Magazine
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NuStar gets dock go-ahead. Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, has approved a lease for NuStar Energy, which would give NuStar the space to develop another private marine loading dock at its North Beach Terminal. NuStar is developing plans for the new dock and hopes it will be completed in the second quarter of 2017. It will be designed to load Suezmax vessels, which carry approximately one million barrels, at rates up to 30,000 barrels per hour and the ability to expand to 50,000 bph. Published by MEDIA36 Ltd.
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Offer for Vopak UK assets - Storage Terminals Magazine
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Offer for Vopak UK assets. Vopak has received a non-binding offer from an unnamed company on all of its UK assets. Based on this interest, the Dutch group said exploratory meetings were taking place, but as the outcome was unknown, no further details were disclosed. Meanwhile, following the acquisition of the former Coryton refinery, Vopak and its partners have concluded that 403 acres of land will not be required by the joint venture and have put it up for sale. Published by MEDIA36 Ltd.
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Puma Energy completes UK acquisition - Storage Terminals Magazine
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Puma Energy completes UK acquisition. Puma Energy has completed the purchase of Murco Petroleum Limited’s UK assets. They obtained all the required UK government and HMRC licenses as well as the support of the Welsh Government Assembly. The acquisition includes the Milford Haven facility in Wales and three inland terminals at Westerleigh, Theale and Bedworth, as well as Murco’s wholesale and distribution business in the UK. Published by MEDIA36 Ltd.
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Rhine growth for Inter Terminals - Storage Terminals Magazine
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Rhine growth for Inter Terminals. Inter Terminals is building six new 1,500 cbm stainless steel tanks at its storage facility near Mannheim, Germany. The 6 million investment in additional capacity is in direct response to strong demand for specialty chemical storage services from south-west Germany’s prospering chemical production industry. Published by MEDIA36 Ltd.
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Swissport to take majority stake in Aviation Fuel Services - Storage Terminals Magazine
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Swissport to take majority stake in Aviation Fuel Services. Aviation ground and cargo handling services firm Swissport International is buying Air BP’s share in AFS Aviation Fuel Services GmbH (AFS), the largest provider of into-plane-fuelling services in Germany with operations at 10 German as well as 2 Austrian airports. Published by MEDIA36 Ltd.
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Oiltanking acquires Vopak Finland terminals - Storage Terminals Magazine
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Oiltanking acquires Vopak Finland terminals. Oiltanking GmbH is buying 100 percent of the shares of Vopak Chemicals Logistics Finland Oy, comprising two terminals for storage and handling of bulk chemicals and petroleum products. The transaction will more than triple Oiltanking’s capacity in Finland. After the acquisition, the terminals of both companies will be consolidated into one company under the name of Oiltanking Finland Oy. Published by MEDIA36 Ltd.
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