PORTS As Europe’s largest gasoline port and second-largest coal port, Amsterdam is a leading player in the fossil energy market. The port is offering its energy knowledge to the expanding biofuels sector
EXPANSION The annual HCB roundup of global terminal expansion and construction projects sees refinery closures continuing to cause a structural shift in terminal demand, while nervousness over the future rate of economic recovery is keeping a lid on optimism
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS It has been another year of switching, swapping, investing and divesting storage terminal assets, with more money pouring in from private investors
CONFERENCE REPORT Delegates at the T9 Oil and Chemical Networking Event, held this past March 28 in Singapore, were brought up to speed on developments and plans in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Rahita Elias reports on the highlights of an interesting day
Vopak Terminal Algeciras opened for business this week, offering 403,000 m3 of storage capacity in 22 tanks and a jetty for seagoing tankers of up to 225,000 dwt.
RESULTS The global economy may still be stuck in a rut but that has not stopped Vopak chalking up another set of figures with double-digit growth all over them
MARKETS Storage terminal network operators have been lamenting the backwardated oil market and shrinking stockholdings for some time, but their financial performance shows their fortunes really are a mixed bag
DEMAND Vietnam’s hazardous cargo transport and storage sector is poised to enter an important growth phase as more international companies providing specialist dangerous goods handling services enter the market attracted by rising consumption of chemical and petroleum products, as David Hayes reports
