EEMUA to bring certified training workshops to StocExpo
StocExpo is expanding its educational offering in 2026 with the launch of brand-new certified training workshops in collaboration with EEMUA (Engineering Equipment and Materials Users’ Association).
StocExpo 2025 concludes with Powerful Conversations, New Innovations, and a Vision for the Future of Tank Storage
The 20th edition of StocExpo, the world’s leading tank storage and energy infrastructure event, came to a close after two impactful days of insight, innovation, and inspiration at the Rotterdam Ahoy.
Reflections on StocExpo 2025: Insight, Innovation, and Inspiration
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Racing Champion and Inspirational Speaker Nicolas Hamilton to Headline StocExpo 2025
StocExpo, the world’s leading tank storage and energy infrastructure event, is delighted to announce that Nicolas Hamilton, British Touring Car driver and motivational speaker, will be the guest keynote speaker at its 20th-anniversary edition on March 12, 2025 in Rotterdam.
Sprint Robotics becomes StocExpo’s latest strategic innovation & demonstration partner
Sprint Robotics has formed a strategic partnership with StocExpo to bring the Sprint Robotics Zone to StocExpo 2025. Next year’s event will be held in Rotterdam on 11- 12 March. Sprint Robotics is a not-for-profit, internationally recognized platform for inspection and maintenance robotics with nearly 100 members. They have created the Sprint Robotics Zone on […]
Trafigura completes first ship-to-ship transfer of ammonia
Trafigura a market leader in the global commodities industry, has successfully completed its first ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of ammonia, close to the port of Ceuta in the Strait of Gibraltar. Approximately 6,000 tonnes of ammonia (NH3), supplied by CF Industries from their Donaldsonville, Louisiana-based manufacturing complex, was safely transferred between the Green Power Medium Gas […]
StocExpo launches Clean Ammonia Storage Conference in 2025
The leading event for the tank storage and energy infrastructure industry StocExpo has partnered with Association NH3 Event to produce the Clean Ammonia Storage Conference. This specialist conference, held on the show floor at StocExpo on 11 -12 March 2025, will give insights into the challenges of storing and handling ammonia as well as ammonia’s […]
Aereon, Tranemo, GPI Tanks, MRC Global and Walter Tosto among latest exhibitors to sign up to StocExpo 2025
International experts in environmental solutions, stainless steel manufacturing and hydrogen storage have all signed up to exhibit at StocExpo in the past few weeks. As we prepare for the 20th anniversary of the market leading event for the tank storage and energy infrastructure sector, the floorplan is filling up fast. Many companies such as UK-based Tranemo […]
Koole Terminals Rebrands as Chane
International liquid bulk storage company Koole Terminals Group today announced that it will now operate under the name Chane. The rebranding signifies a further unification of the company, after strengthening its position in the European liquid bulk storage market significantly with the acquisitions of Alkion Terminals in 2022 and Maastank in 2023. Read more here. […]
Baker Hughes to Support Strategic Gas Project in Algeria
Energy technology company Baker Hughes has been awarded a major contract from Sonatrach for a gas-boosting project for the Hassi R’Mel gas field in Algeria. The contract is part of a broader order awarded to a consortium between Baker Hughes and Tecnimont, part of technology and engineering group MAIRE. The signing ceremony took place in […]
Lummus introduces new renewable dimethyl ether technology
Lummus Technology has announced the commercial availability of CDDMESM, a new renewable dimethyl ether (DME) technology enhanced through catalytic distillation (CD). The CDDME technology can process various types of methanol to produce renewable DME, which can then be blended to produce liquefied petroleum gas or utilised as a carrier for hydrogen. Read more here. Source: […]
Moving Toward a Greener Future: How Do We Get There?
Following the High Court’s rejection of the Government’s net zero strategy, Toni Miszewski, Managing Director of AnTech, an energy equipment and solutions provider, discusses the need to reconsider approaches for achieving a greener future. Read more here. Source: Fuel Oil News Magazine Share this article Register to attend. Register Now Get social. #stocexpo #futuredelivered Twitter […]
Sherwin-Williams Introduces Pipeclad Frac-Shun ERC Technology
Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine has introduced a new, patent-pending, erosion-resistant coating (ERC) technology to protect pipe interiors from the inherent sandblasting action of grit moving rapidly through the pipes. The applied powder coating remains intact far longer than other options, protecting the steel pipes from the significant metal loss that otherwise leads to potential leaks […]
GE Vernova & CIC to Develop Renewable Hydrogen Production
Climate Impact Corporation (CIC) today announced a non-binding agreement with GE Vernova’s Power Conversion business (GE Vernova) to lay out their intentions to collaborate on a design for the possible future deployment of highly efficient green hydrogen production modules, with the objective of achieving a $2 per kg (€1.86 per kg) production price for green […]
TotalEnergies partners with Vanguard Renewables for RNG
TotalEnergies, a global integrated energy company, and Vanguard Renewables, a US leader in farm-based organics-to-renewable natural gas production and a portfolio company of a fund managed by BlackRock’s Diversified Infrastructure business, have signed an agreement to create an equally owned joint venture to develop, build, and operate Farm Powered renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in […]
OPW Clean Energy Solutions Expands Model CV Valve Product Line
ACME Cryogenics, part of OPW Clean Energy Solutions, has completed development of new 6” and 8” valve sizes for its Model CV Valve product line. The global investment and growth in hydrogen infrastructure has compelled many companies to develop larger-scale production and storage equipment, which requires larger components. Therefore, the creation of these new valve […]
Leveraging Incentives To Lower Emissions
Haley Armstrong and Ethan Spira from AJW, Inc. explore how terminal operators can adapt as the energy transition unfolds. Terminals play an integral role in connecting companies’ supply chains. Operators must understand their customers’ emissions reduction goals to ensure the terminal is meeting the customer’s needs. While motivations to reduce emissions may vary from company […]
Decarbonisation Starts at the Terminal
UAB-Online’s CEO Hans Bobeldijk explores how tank storage can reach net zero. With the continuing emphasis throughout the maritime industry on finding ways to achieve net zero by 2050, it is important to examine the role that ports and terminals can play. There are numerous environmentally friendly practices that terminals could deploy in order to […]
Global Hydrogen Corridors: Essential Pathways To Decarbonisation
Barend van Schalkwyk, business development director at OCI Global explores the impact of global hydrogen corridors on decarbonising energy-intensive industries. Lower-carbon hydrogen and its derivatives, methanol and ammonia, can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) across some of the most energy- intensive industries, including shipping, industrial manufacturing, agriculture and power generation. As a new low […]
FETSA View: Expectations For The Next Legislative Mandate
FETSA’s executive director Ravi Bhatiani discusses the group’s expectations for the EU’s emissions targets and energy transition efforts. The recent adoption by the European Commission of a new 2040 climate target of 90% emissions reductions, as well as continued energy transition efforts by the EU in developing hydrogen and CCUS infrastructure show that the energy […]
Neste Partners with New Jersey Natural Gas to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, and New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG), the principal subsidiary of New Jersey Resources are partnering to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with Neste MY Renewable Diesel. Expanding on its sustainability leadership, NJNG announced it is switching its medium-duty trucks and associated equipment to […]
Leakhena Swett Promoted to President of ILTA
The International Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA) has announced the promotion of Leakhena Swett from executive vice president to president. With close to five years of dedicated service to ILTA, Swett has consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership and a deep understanding of the industry’s challenges and opportunities. Her promotion to president recognises her outstanding contributions and positions […]
Cleanova Secures Filtration Contract for European Carbon Capture Plant
Cleanova has secured the contract to supply the filtration system for the first full-scale carbon capture facility to be added to a Waste-to-Energy (WtE) facility. The WtE plant, located in Norway, supplies heating and process steam to several industrial customers. The addition of the groundbreaking carbon capture facility will enable the WtE operators to capture […]
ACME Group and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies to jointly explore hydrogen value chains from Oman to Europe
ACME Group and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on a feasibility study to explore the joint development of large-scale hydrogen supply chains from ACME’s projects in Oman to supply hubs in Europe using the innovative LOHC technology. Both parties intend to extend the partnership to evaluate the hydrogen […]
TotalEnergies Launches Belgium Battery Storage
On 3 April, Belgian Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten visited TotalEnergies’ Antwerp refinery battery storage project. TotalEnergies announced the development of a second similar project in Belgium on the occasion. The new project will be developed on the site of TotalEnergies’ depot in Feluy. It will have a power rating of 25 MW and […]
Fives Selected for Renewable Energy Storage Project
Fives has been selected by the Chinese company Zhonglv Zhongke Energy Storage Technology Co for the supply of cryogenic equipment as part of the largest renewable energy storage project on an industrial scale. The storage unit operated by Zhonglv Zhongke Energy Storage Technology Co will be installed in the region of Golmud, in the Qinghai […]
StocExpo 2024 brings the international storage sector together for another fantastic event
The global tank storage industry is refreshed with new thinking, new technology and new connections after StocExpo 2024. Last week terminal professionals from 72 countries descended on Rotterdam to attend the world-leading tank storage and energy infrastructure event. International representatives from the likes of Saudi Aramco, Neste, McDermott, Transpetro, Arabian Chemical Terminal, Uniper, Copec, Ageo, […]
2024 Global Tank Storage Award winners revealed at StocExpo
This year’s Global Tank Storage Awards ceremony brought together over 200 terminal professionals on the 12 March in Rotterdam to celebrate 2024’s winning entries. Companies and individuals were recognized for their achievements in innovation, sustainability, safety and preparing for the future of the tank storage sector. The Digital Solution award went to Gizil for its […]
StocExpo: A Deep Dive into the 2024 Conference
The countdown is on with only two weeks until StocExpo returns to Rotterdam for what is set to be the best conference to date. StocExpo, the most anticipated event of the year, is back with a bang as the industry’s most thought-provoking professionals prepare to take centre stage at the 2024 conference. Throughout the two-day […]
StocExpo FETSA Conference: Revisions to PGS-12 and what they mean for Ammonia Storage
Ammonia as a carrier of hydrogen will play a critical role in transitioning to net zero carbon emissions. But its storage comes with risks. At StocExpo’s FETSA conference, Martin Reuvers, Senior Engineer at Vopak, will talk us through the revisions to PGS-12, the Dutch standard for ammonia storage, and the reasons for the changes. Here’s […]
StocExpo FETSA Conference: Energy Transition at the Port of Hamburg
How is the world approaching the energy transition? That’s one of many questions that will be explored at StocExpo’s FETSA conference. Panellist, Jannes Elgen, Head of Port Energy Solutions at the Hamburg Port Authority, will explain how the Port of Hamburg is transitioning from fuel oil products to the fuels of the future. Here’s a […]
StocExpo FETSA Conference: What logistics infrastructure do we need to take Captured Carbon to Storage?
It’s one thing to capture carbon dioxide at a plant in inland Europe, but then there’s the small matter of its permanent sequestration in the North Sea, and the journey in between. Tamme Mekkes, Business Development Director at Koole Terminals, will be at StocExpo’s FETSA conference explaining Koole Terminals’ approach to CCS logistics infrastructure. Here’s […]
Advario and Fluxys Partner for Antwerp-Bruges Ammonia Terminal
Fluxys has teamed up with Advario Stolthaven Antwerp and Advario Gas Terminal to study the feasibility of building an open-access green ammonia import terminal at Belgium’s Port of Antwerp-Bruges. Located at a future green energy gateway, the future terminal is expected to be operational in 2027. It will deliver storage and multimodal logistics solutions for […]
Essar Oil UK has become EET Fuels
Essar Oil UK has become EET Fuels as it delivers on its plan to become the UK’s first low carbon refinery, setting the global benchmark for lower emitting refineries and industrial decarbonisation. For a century, the refinery based at Stanlow, on the River Mersey, has provided the fuel and chemical building blocks that people rely […]
LNG tanker crash in Mongolia
Three firefighters died when a truck transporting 54.5 tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) crashed and exploded in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital. The incident occurred early on January 24 after the vehicle collided with a car. Emergency responders, numbering in the hundreds, fought the resulting blaze which spread to nearby structures, injuring at least 11 individuals. […]
Sunoco to Acquire NuStar Energy
In a transaction valued at $7.3 billion (€6.7 billion), Sunoco will acquire NuStar Energy in an all-equity transaction, including all assumed debt. Under the terms of the agreement, NuStar common unitholders will receive 0.400 Sunoco common units for each NuStar common unit, implying a 24% premium based on the 30-day VWAP’s of both NuStar and […]
Exclusive Interview: Euro Tank Terminal at StocExpo
Euro Tank Terminal Rotterdam, also known as ETT, was founded in 2006 and started with one tank pit for fuel oil storage. Now, 18 years later, ETT is a complete, multi-customer terminal, capable of handling the largest seagoing vessels as well as smaller coasters, barges, trains, trucks and pipeline connectivity. ‘A key advantage of the […]
Greenergy expands biodiesel manufacturing plants
Greenergy announces the successful commissioning of expansion works at two of their biodiesel plants in the UK and in Amsterdam. The works included upgrading the pre-treatment process capability, allowing for a wider range of waste oils as feedstocks to be processed into lower carbon biodiesel that will be used in transport fuels to reduce emissions. […]
Shell Awards FPU Contract to Seatrium
Shell Offshore Inc has awarded Singapore shipyard group Seatrium a contract to construct and integrate the hull, topsides and living quarters of the Sparta semi-submersible Floating Production Unit (FPU) in the Gulf of Mexico (USA). The Sparta FPU will be deployed at a depth of 1,400 m and is designed to produce 90,000 barrels of […]
North Sea Port becomes second Pipelink shareholder for international pipeline projects
North Sea Port has become a minority shareholder in Pipelink, currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Port of Antwerp-Bruges. Pipelink owns and manages an asset base of 750 kilometres of pipelines in Belgium. This new partnership will develop and build local, national and international pipeline projects – essential steps forward in the modal shift and […]
Exolum to acquire 50% of Moda Midstream Houston
Exolum has announced an agreement to acquire 50% of a leading ammonia and NGL storage terminal in Houston, Texas, USA, from Moda Midstream. The terminal, Vopak Moda Houston, is currently jointly owned by Royal Vopak and Moda Midstream. Royal Vopak remains as 50% shareholder in the new joint venture. The acquisition will enable Exolum to […]
EACOP announces delivery of first 100 km pipe in Tanzania
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has announced the arrival at the port of Dar es Salaam of the first shipment of 100 km of line pipe, signalling the initiation of the main construction phase for this cross-border pipeline project. An event to mark the occasion was held today between EACOP’s Shareholders, at the […]
Cepsa and C2X set up joint project for green methanol plant
Cepsa, which is owned by Mubadala and Carlyle, and C2X, an independent company majority owned by A.P. Moller Holding with A.P. Moller – Maersk as minority owner, has announced a joint ambition to develop a green methanol plant in the port of Huelva, southern Spain. The project’s aim is to reach an estimated annual production […]
QatarEnergy LNG delivers the 1,000th LNG shipment
QatarEnergy LNG has delivered the 1,000th LNG shipment to the South Hook LNG Terminal at Milford Haven in the United Kingdom. The landmark delivery was made by the Q-Max LNG carrier Mozah, which already has another landmark achievement to its name: the 10,000th LNG cargo from Ras Laffan Port in 2006. Read more here. Source: […]
IMTT sells five terminals to JET Infrastructure
IMTT has announced that it has sold the company’s bulk liquids storage terminals located in Alamogordo, NM; Bremen, GA; Macon, GA; Montgomery, AL; and Moundville, AL to JET Infrastructure. These terminals collectively represent approximately one million barrels of storage capacity, leaving IMTT with 41 million barrels of storage capacity at its terminals on the East, […]
Sherwin-Williams launches new insulative coating
The new Heat-Flex 7000 thermal insulative coating system from Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine offers personnel protection, insulating capabilities and solar heat reflectivity for an array of industrial applications. The single-component, spray-applied coating system meets Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards for protecting personnel from skin-contact burns on assets operating at temperatures up to 350°F (177°C) […]
Exclusivity agreement reached on South Australian LNG terminal
South Australian energy infrastructure developer, Venice Energy and one of Australia’s leading energy providers, Origin Energy (Origin), have agreed on a structural framework that will underwrite the commercial viability of the Outer Harbor LNG import terminal to be built at Port Adelaide, Australia. The agreement comes 18-months after the project was approved by the South […]
TotalEnergies acquires renewable energy aggregator Quadra energy
TotalEnergies has signed agreements with the Aloys Wobben Foundation (AWS) to acquire the entire share capital of aggregator of renewable electricity production in Germany, Quadra Energy. Specialising in the aggregation of renewable electricity, Quadra Energy purchased production from around 5,000 wind and solar power plants in 2022, and then resold 14 TWh on wholesale markets […]
ExxonMobil to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources
In its biggest deal in a decade, ExxonMobil is set to purchase Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 billion (€56.7 billion). Exxon will acquire more than 850,000 acres in the Permian Basin in West Texas, USA, more than doubling the company’s output in a region that accounted for 18% of all US natural gas production in […]
TES announces new capacity booking round at Wilhelmshaven Green Energy Hub
Developer of energy supply and import hubs, Tree Energy Solutions (TES) – on behalf of Deutsche Grüngas und Energieversorgung GmbH (DGGEV) – has announced it is inviting market participants to submit non-binding expressions of interest for additional long-term terminal capacities from 16 October 2023. This follows a successful open season and positive market reactions. The […]