SEA-Invest group is planning construction [ds_preview]of a new tanker terminal in the Delwaide dock in the port of Antwerp representing an investment of 250 mill. €. In addition, Houston-based international terminal operator Zenith Energy will invest 250 mill. €.
»The waterfront sites have been reserved for candidates that will generate large freight volumes and so make maximum use of the available maritime infrastructure. As for the non-waterfront sites we have opted for candidates that will help to further develop the chemical and petrochemical cluster,« explained Port Authority CEO Eddy Bruyninckx.
In 2013, shipping company MSC wished to further develop its presence in the port of Antwerp, but its home terminal in the Delwaide dock had already reached full capacity and so expansion there was not possible. In mid-2014, the Port Authority gave the go-ahead for the move to Deurganck dock, which was completed by the end of that year. In order to afford a new future for the vacated site in the Delwaide dock as soon as possible the Port Authority organised a wide-scale and in response received proposals both for waterfront and for non-waterfront activities.
Development of chemical and petrochemical cluster
Sea-Tank Terminal Antwerp plans the construction of a dedicated tank terminal. The area ecompasses approx. 465,342 m², a quay length of 1250m and an investment of 250 mill. €. Sea-Tank Terminal is building the tank terminal on behalf of a major world player that aims to use the port of Antwerp as a base for import, export and transit of all its petroleum products in the ARA range. The planned capacity of the project in the first phase is 750,000 m³ for storage of refined products that will be carried to and from the terminal by barge and seagoing ship. The freight volume generated by this activity is estimated at 13 mill. t annually. Additional capacity may be built in a second phase of the project.
Acting through its subsidiary Belgian New Fruit Wharf (BNFW), the SEA-Invest group has already negotiated with various deepsea container lines. The acquisition of IMT by SEA-Invest will enable its other subsidiary SEA-Tank Terminal to build a new liquid bulk facility in the Hansa dock for the latter’s customer Total. On this concession site it will initially build additional tank capacity of 160,000 m³ with further potential for expansion (first-phase investment: 100 mill. €)
Waterfront sites reserved for candidates that generate large freight volumes
The IMT activities will be moved to the Delwaide dock where more waterfrontage is available to accommodate the future expansion. SEA-Invest therefore acquired the independent container terminal one month ago. IMT, which last year handled 250,000 TEU, will be able to further expand in the Delwaide dock. The new area is of the site is approx. 549,725 m², quay length 950 at an investment of 50 mill. €. Independent Maritime Terminal (IMT) has reached the physical limits at its current location and expansion is necessary in order to attract additional freight flows and to create a new hub for reefer containers carrying perishables.
The project put forward by the international terminal operator Zenith Energy that carries out storage and distribution of petroleum, refinery products, natural gas liquids and petrochemical products ecompasses an area of 500,000 m³ of storage capacity in the first phase, after which it wishes to expand rapidly to 1,000,000 m³. The aea of the site is approx. 307,000 m², quay length 1,250 m at an investment of 250 mill. €.
