The terminal
Vopak Terquimsa is the owner of a terminal in Tarragona. This bulk liquid storage port terminal is located in key offshore locations in one of Spain’s main ports. Our Tarragona terminal comprises one of the most important petrochemical complexes in Europe. This is a critical location for our clients from across the world.
Our terminal serve people and communities, with products that range from the production of raw materials to end-user distribution.
We provide storage services for chemicals, petroleum, gases, biofuels, and vegetable oils in three end markets: energy, manufacturing, and food.
Our terminal is operational every day of the year and are noteworthy due to their variety in terms of both tank size and infrastructure. We own 100 storage tanks with a total capacity of 447,001m3, and our terminal provides highly specific functions in accordance with the logistics requirements of every individual client and their products.
Industrial and distribution terminal:
Industrial
Terminal
One of our main activities at our Tarragona terminal serving the Tarragona petrochemical complex, and as such, we act as an essential infrastructure for its operations. We are connected by pipeline with most of the companies on the site, a fact that facilitates efficient and sustainable logistics, while providing continuous service to the production plants 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We help to optimize import and export logistics, from both the standpoint of economies of scale and in terms of flexibility in transport modes, while we are continually adapting to the ever-changing needs of our environment. Given the structural nature of our service, we have established long-term relationships with our clients, helping them to develop and consolidate their business interests.
Distribution
Terminal
Our terminal in Tarragona is designed to deal with the importation of petroleum and chemical products, which also includes more general products - "commodities" - or more specific goods, which are known as "specialties". These products are imported from all over the world and are essential for a broad range of productive activities in society. The vast diversity of these products and the uses they are put to is immense, and covers the fuel we use in everyday transport, to material for manufacturing toothbrushes. In our business it is essential to possess a flexible infrastructure that is capable of storing such a wide range of products, each of them with their own specific needs. It is therefore essential for us to be able to guarantee the level of service that our clients expect from our company and this service provision includes product storage, the quality of our facilities and above all the experience of our staff and their knowledge when it comes dealing with such a diverse selection of imported goods.
Our terminal in Tarragona
Our terminal, which was founded in 1970, functions mostly on an industrial basis, although it also serves as a distribution hub. It possesses over thirty pipelines that are connected to the chemical cluster production plants and the Tarragona refinery, providing a 24/7 service, for the continuous shipments required by the productive activities of the complex.
The Tarragona terminal is used to store basic chemical products for import mainly to the Spanish market or southern Europe. Together with Barcelona this terminal is the strategic gateway for the efficient distribution and delivery of these products.
The Tarragona terminal is also a petroleum product distribution terminal that connects to important Exolum oil pipeline networks, so providing distribution throughout Spain in those locations where Exolum is active. Our capacity totals 447,001 m3, and we are the leading independent liquid bulk terminal at the Port of Tarragona.
Tarragona Terminal
Available now
Bulk liquid storage in tanks Reception and delivery of ships, trucks and trains. Pipeline delivery and reception (Rack DIXQUIMICS) Transhipment between container ships Management of goods with respect to tax and/or customs duties
| Capacity (m3) | Tanks | M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 1,000 | 22 | 13,163 |
| From 1,001 to 3,000 | 42 | 73,850 |
| From 3,001 | 36 | 359,988 |
| TOTAL | 100 | 447,001 |
| Tanks |
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| Steel to carbon |
| With interior blanketingr |
| Stainless steel |
| Monitoring |
| Temperature/heating |
| Access | |
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| Ship | |
| Rail | |
| Truck | |
| Pipeline |
| Draft |
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| 15 m |
| Berths |
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| 4 for ships |
| Products |
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| Petroleum products |
| Chemical products |
| Vegetable oils |
| Oleochemicals |
| Lubricating oils |
| Fertilizers |
| Cryogenic Anhydrous Ammonia |
| Services |
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| Storage |
| Mixing |
| Heating |
| Refrigeration |
| Dedicated system |
| Weighing |
| Inertization |
| Automatic level control |
| Transhipment |
Tel: +34 977 241454
E-mail: dptocial@vopakterquimsa.com