Bulk Storage Industry News http://www.tankterminals.com/news.php Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:28:45 Port Storage Groups Newsfeeds http://www.tankterminals.com/images/psg_logo.gif http://www.tankterminals.com Feed provided by Tank Terminals. Click to visit. http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=832 July 15, 2010 [Intercontinental Terminals Company LLC] - Intercontinental Terminals Company LLC (ITC) acquired an 180-acre site along the Houston Ship Channel to expand their tank terminal business in Houston in the future. Port Storage Group Information Services Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:02:33 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=839 July 29, 2010 [Reuters] - Litasco, the trading arm of Russian oil company, has created a joint venture with Spanish oil company Meroil to invest 50 million euros to expand an oil product terminal in Barcelona. Port Storage Group Information Services Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:39:17 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=838 July 29, 2010 [NetMarinha] - Vopak Brazil, announced the expansion of its storage capacity in two ports: Santos and Aratu. Port Storage Group Information Services Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:22:08 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=837 July 29, 2010 [Today's Zaman] - Today's Zaman states that Turkish petrochemicals producer Petkim is in talks with a Dutch terminal operating company to expand and operate the port of Aliağa, which is projected to have a larger capacity than the port of İzmir by 2018, Batu Aksoy, a Petkim board member, has said. Port Storage Group Information Services Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:18:01 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=836 July 23, 2010 [VTTI] - Vitol Tank Terminals International (“VTTI”), today announced plans to build a major oil import and distribution terminal in the industrial area of Vassiliko, Cyprus. Port Storage Group Information Services Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:03:12 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=835 July 20, 2010 [Bloomberg] - Most of northeast China’s Dalian port resumed operations after a pipeline explosion last Friday caused an oil spill that spread across more than 183 square kilometers (70 square miles) of sea. Port Storage Group Information Services Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:23:29 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=834 July 15, 2010 [Business Mirror] - PILIPINAS Shell Petroleum Corp. has hinted it prefers to maintain its depot operations in Pandacan, Edgar Chua, country chairman of the Shell Group of Companies in the Philippines, gave the indication following statements by the Petron Corp. that it was seeking the approval of Shell and Chevron Philippines to join it in moving their storage facilities to the Manila North Harbor. Port Storage Group Information Services Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:09:30 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=833 July 16, 2010 [Orascom Construction Industries (OCI)] - Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) confirmed on July 14 that OCI Fertilizer International B.V. has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in MICRO Chemie B.V., Rotterdam. Port Storage Group Information Services Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:34:18 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=831 July 14, 2010 [North Sea Group] - Netherlands based North Sea Group BV and UK Company, Blue Ocean Associates Ltd have joined forces to create ‘Hydrocarbon Hotel’ which will build a sea terminal with a capacity of 140,000 m³ currently under construction in the port of Amsterdam. Port Storage Group Information Services Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:27:48 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=830 July 13, 2010 [Opis] - Magellan Midstream Partners LP said on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire 7.8 million barrels of crude oil storage and more than 100 miles of active petroleum pipelines from BP Pipelines (North America) Inc. for $289 million. BP's plan to divest its pipeline and terminal assets came from an initiative late last year, way before the massive oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in May. Port Storage Group Information Services Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:38:08 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=829 July 9, 2010 [HES Beheer] - Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT) and the Port of Rotterdam have signed today a lease agreement that will allow BTT to develop the second phase of their terminal. This will add another 350,000 m³ capacity. Port Storage Group Information Services Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:14:25 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=828 July 8, 2010 [Opis] - Holly Corporation and Sinclair Transportation said late on Tuesday that both companies had commenced the final construction phase on its UNEV pipeline, a 406-mile pipeline transporting refined products from Salt Lake City, Utah, to terminals in Cedar City, Utah, and in Las Vegas, Nev. Port Storage Group Information Services Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:15:19 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=827 July 7, 2010 [Opis] - Vitol Tank Terminals International (VTTI) said on Monday that it sold 10% of its equity in its Rotterdam, Europoort terminal, Euro Tank Terminal BV (ETT), in the Netherlands, to SK Energy International. SK Energy International is a 100% subsidiary of SK Energy, based in Singapore, and VTTI is a 50/50 joint venture between international shipping line, MISC Berhad, and the Vitol Group. Port Storage Group Information Services Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:50:14 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=826 July 5, 2010 [The Bahamas Weekly] - BORCO International Ltd and POSCO Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd, in cooperation with Hyundai Corporation (both of South Korea) today announced that they have entered an agreement to move forward with BORCO’s greenfield expansion program of their terminal in Freeport, Grand Bahama. The expansion program provides for the construction of an additional 30 tanks for clean petroleum products and infrastructure improvements to provide world-class service to BORCO’s customers. Port Storage Group Information Services Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:07:13 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=824 July 5, 2010 [Gulf Petrochem] - Topaz Engineering's fabrication and construction unit, through its subsidiary Nico International Hydrospace, was recently awarded a $45 million (Dh165m) Gulf Petrochem EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract. Port Storage Group Information Services Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:35:05 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=823 June 28, 2010 [TradingMarkets] -San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is looking at the Manila North Harbor as the future site of its logistics hub, which would contain a grains terminal as well as an oil depot to replace a key facility at Pandacan. Port Storage Group Information Services Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:10:10 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=822 June 25, 2010 [ADPO] - The ADPO Group (Antwerp, Belgium) announced today that it has entered into a Sale Agreement with the Gadot Group (Herzeliya, Israel) for the sale and transfer of ADPO Ghent, Belgium. Port Storage Group Information Services Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:58:36 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=821 June 23, 2010 [OPIS] - A few oil majors have publicly announced in the past few months plans to downsize its downstream assets and focus more on the more lucrative upstream sector. Port Storage Group Information Services Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:45:31 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=815 June 16, 2010 [Dredging Today/Brightoil] - Brightoil Dalian Storage, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) Limited , entered into the Dredging and Reclamation Contract with China Communications Construction in relation to the dredging and reclamation works on the Land in the northern port of the Changxing Island Harbour Industrial Zone located on Changxing Island, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, the PRC. Port Storage Group Information Services Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:57:04 http://www.tankterminals.com/news_detail.php?id=820 June 22, 2010 [OPIS] - Enterprise Products Operating LLC was outbid in a bankruptcy auction that offered Bigler's petchemical terminal assets on the Houston Ship Channel late last week, a Bigler official told OPIS on Tuesday. Port Storage Group Information Services Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:44:53