At terminals around the world products are stored for customers for some time, often under very specific conditions, such as temperature control, or they are blended to the desired specification.
Vopak’s terminals play a key role in the transit: products are transported from the terminal to end-users by vessel, railcar, tank truck or pipeline. We develop our services according to the product, market and functional requirements, often working with customers and/or strategic partners.

Different terminal functions

Our independent tank terminal network is responsible for a number of functions in the product’s journey from producer to end-user. Vopak distinguishes three types of terminals:

Import, export or distribution terminal
As part of the import and export role, bulk liquid is transported by ocean-going vessel. For customers, the terminal can, for example, serve as a starting point for the inland distribution of products by inland vessel, pipeline, tank truck and railcar.

Hub terminal
A hub terminal combines the roles as mentioned above with the role of a meeting point for trade, a location that gives customers access to a market. The Vopak network comprises hubs in Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (the ARA region, Europe), Houston (USA), Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) and Singapore (Asia).

Industrial terminal
An industrial terminal serves as an integrated logistics centre in a major petrochemical complex.  It supports the product flows within the complex and the supply and export of respectively feedstocks and finished products.

New terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Vopak entered the market for storage of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the import and distribution to a consumption area. The first terminal is currently being built in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and will be operational in 2011. Vopak and its partner Gasunie are the initiators and main shareholders of this independent terminal facility, called Gate terminal.Vopak is also participating in LNG projects in Rostock (Germany) and Eemshaven (the Netherlands).

Sections mentioned below provide an overview of the key activities and services:

• Tank Terminals
• Complementary Services

 

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