January 5, 2015 [Odfjell SE] - It was almost three years ago that Odfjell Nangang Terminals (Tianjin) (ONTT) started its long and challenging journey to become Odfjell’s largest tank storage terminal in China. After more than two years of hard work, we are now ‘sprinting’ towards the finishing line.
With an initial completed storage capacity of 137,800 cbm, ONTT will be Odfjell’s largest storage terminal in China. The terminal is located to the nearest port to the inland areas of north and north-west of China amongst all ports around the Bohai Bay. The strategic location has attracted customers both inside and outside the Nangang Industrial Zone, covering a wide range of products such as base oil, mixed aromatics, EDC, methanol, gasoline and diesels.
Three new berths with the capacity to accommodate vessels up to 50,000 dwt will be operational by the end of this year to meet the production needs for our first industrial customer whose production plant is scheduled to produce a variety of lube oil for the huge Chinese car market. Our storage tanks are expected to be operational by 1 April 2015.
At present, the construction has entered the finishing stage and is under intensive monitoring and inspection. With added technical resources from Odfjell Terminal Asia as well as other Odfjell China terminals, every employee is making a huge effort to ensure that the project meets the construction deadline so that the terminal will be in operation as planned.
Concurrently, four groups of operators are all in place and are being extensively trained and so they will be ready for the project commissioning and inspection.
