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Oiltanking and Sonker Bunkering Company to build new liquid bulk storage terminal in East Port Said, Egypt

12.02.2010 - Cairo:

The Oiltanking Group is pleased to announce that jointly with Sonker Bunkering Company it will develop the proposed Liquid Bulk Terminal at East Port Said at the eastern side of the Suez Canal as tendered by the Egyptian Ministry of Transport.

The terminal shall be built on 50ha of land and shall include in Phase 1 approximately 1 million cbm of storage capacity and four dedicated deepwater Jetties.

Oiltanking is confident that in association with Sonker Bunkering Company and the much appreciated support of all institutions involved, the development of this terminal will contribute to the further growth of East Port Said and its future strategic importance as a major petroleum logistics hub in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Sonker Bunkering Company S.A.E. (Sonker) is a petroleum storage, handling and bunker supply company incorporated in Egypt. Sonker is jointly owned by the Amiral Holding Group and companies associated with Egyptian government entities.

Oiltanking is a subsidiary of Marquard and 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 68 terminals in 21 countries within Europe, North and South America, Middle East, India as well as Asia. Oiltanking has an overall storage capacity exceeding 17 million cubic meters.  

For more information about Oiltanking, Marquard & Bahls and Sonker please visit www.oiltanking.com, www.mbholding.com and www.amiral.com.

For media enquiries, please contact:

Mr Daan Vos  
GM Asia Pacific, Middle East & Europe        
Oiltanking GmbH
Tel: +49 40 37099-0  
Email: daan.vos@oiltanking.com

Mr Samar El Hossamy
Project Engineer
Sonker Bunkering Company S.A.E.
Mobile: +20126556115
Email: samer.elhossamy@amiral.com