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Milestone in Daya Bay
17.01.2011 - Huizhou, China:
Oiltanking Daya Bay successfully commissioned its newly added Phase 2 expansion storage capacity and received its first vessel at its public jetty in Daya Bay, China.
Oiltanking Daya Bay, a wholly owned company of Oiltanking GmbH, added a total of 18 new carbon steel and stainless steel product tanks with a total capacity of 59,600 cbm.
With this latest addition, the total capacity for chemical products at Oiltanking Daya Bay will be 80,150 cbm supported by a total of two vessel berths. This expansion further strengthens Oiltanking's position for the Daya Bay Petrochemical Industrial Park.
Huizhou Daya Bay Oiltanking Petrochemical Public Jetty Company Ltd (“OTPPJ”) invested RMB 120 million by adding two berths with 5,000 dwt each at its waterfront.
OTPPJ successfully loaded its very first vessel, M.T. Jian Xing 32, with 1,500 metric tons of Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) which cargo was bound for East China.
Oiltanking Daya Bay Co., Ltd is the exclusive provider of independent tank storage services in the Daya Bay Petrochemical Industrial Park and aims to develop the facilities into a world-scale industrial terminal providing services to all tenants in the park and to market participants in the South China market.
Huizhou Daya Bay Oiltanking Petrochemical Public Jetty Company Ltd is a joint venture company between the local government represented by Huizhou Daya Bay Petrochemical Industrial Park Development Group Co., Ltd (75%) and Oiltanking GmbH (25%) since 2007.
Oiltanking is a subsidiary of Marquard & Bahls AG, Germany, a leading privately owned petroleum company. Oiltanking is the second-largest independent tank storage provider for petroleum products, chemicals and gases world-wide. The company owns and operates 71 terminals in 22 countries within Europe, North and South America, Middle East, India as well as Asia. Oiltanking has an overall capacity of 17.6 million cubic meters.
For more information on Oiltanking and Marquard & Bahls, please visit www.oiltanking.com and www.mbholding.com.
For media inquiries, please contact:
Mr Yeong Kwek Leong
General Manager
Oiltanking Daya Bay
Tel: +86-752-309-8981
Email: kl.yeong@oiltanking.com
Mr Sebastian Sira
Senior Manager Business Development
Oiltanking GmbH
Tel: +49-40-37099-0
Email: sebastian.sira@oiltanking.com