October 26, 2017 [Terminal Líquida Caldera] - Project will provide storage service in the Pacific coast. Total investment is $4,600,000. The exporters and importers of liquids such as solvents, alcohol and oils (animal and vegetable) will have at their disposal, as of March 2018, the first terminal that will store these products in the port of Caldera, in the Pacific coast.
Caldera Liquid Terminal will offer safe and adequate facilities for storing and manipulating bulk liquids in tanks. The main service which the terminal will provide is the storage space’s monthly rental, which includes the operation of loading and discharging of the liquids.
The terminal is located 9 km from the Caldera port. In its first phase, 6 tanks with an 800 m3 capacity will be built, using a black iron structure; they will be operational by February 2018.
All applicable standards and safety equipment, for this type of facilities, were included in the project. The design was executed following national and international standards such as the one published by the API (American Petroleum Institute) and the NFPA (National Fire Protection Agency) for a liquid with a density of 1500 kg/cm3. A multidisciplinary team participated in the project’s design.
Numerous liquids enter the country already packaged or in specialized containers (of the “flexitanques” type), which involves a much higher cost, due to the lack of facilities for exporting and importing these products in a safe and efficient way on the Pacific coast.
Data from the Central American Commission of Maritime Transport indicates that Costa Rica is ranked in the last places for bulk liquid transport in the region. In the 2013-2014 period, the country was placed last in the distribution share of liquid cargo per country in all of Central America.
The project’s second phase will commence in April 2018, and be finished by August of the same year, consisting in 4 additional tanks with the same capacity as those in the first phase.
“It is important to highlight that formalized rental contracts are already in place. Costa Rica does not have with this kind of infrastructure in the Pacific, although it already does in the Atlantic coast. The main goal is for national and international companies to import liquid bulk products, store them near the port, and distribute them by means of tankers to their respective factories”, stated Fernando Odio, president of the Terminal.
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