First seagoing vessel arrives at Oiltanking Nanjing Jetty

Oiltanking Nanjing Co., Ltd successfully received and discharged the first vessel calling at its newly-built terminal located in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China.
With the successful discharge of the MT “Borneo Pioneer”, the first ship to call its jetty, Oiltanking has officially started the operation of the Oiltanking Nanjing terminal. Oiltanking Nanjing has secured the opening of the jetty infrastructure to foreign flag ships and with the help of all related authorities, the first methanol import vessel arriving at the terminal on April 21 was handled smoothly without any delay.
Oiltanking is located in the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park “NCIP”, one of the largest and fastest growing industrial developing zones in East China. Due to its strategic location, Oiltanking is able to not only serve the neighbouring plants in NCIP, but also accommodate (international) trade within the Lower Yangtze River market, as well as providing trans-shipment capabilities for business upstream the river.
The terminal infrastructure consists of 21 tanks with a total capacity of 74,000 cbm and 3 berths on the Northern bank of the Yangtze River capable of accommodating 30,000 to 40,000 DWT vessels. It provides quick turnaround times for vessels and offers excellent truck loading capabilities as well as pipeline connectivity to industries in NCIP. The construction of a state-of-the-art railway station with capability to load railcars as well as to efficiently receive and discharge unit trains directed to Nanjing from the North Western hinterland is underway.
Oiltanking Nanjing Co., Ltd. is a joint venture between Oiltanking, NCIP Adminsitration and the Port Authority of Nanjing.
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 65 terminals in 21 countries within Europe, North and South America, Middle East, India as well as Asia. Oiltanking has an overall capacity of 14.6 million cubic meters.