Palos de la Frontera (Huelva) terminal provides services of storage and handling, product blending, quality and dying additivation of oil products and blending with biofuels, as well as handling and storage of raw materials for biodiesel (vegetable oils and methanol).
Located on the shores of the Atlantic it has the capacity to store 270,000 cubic metres, with a recent extension of 180,000 additional cm for vegetable oils (total = 450,000 cm).
Palos de la Frontera (Huelva) Terminal:
Total surface: 219,822 m² in industrial area
Storage capacity:
total capacity: ........................................... 505,000 m³
number of tanks: ....................................... 48
range of capacities: ....................................from 2,500 m³ to 40,000 m³
Products:
automotive gas oil
agriculture and heating gas oil
gasolines (2 grades)
biodiesel
vegetable oils
fuel oil
Shipping facilities:
maximum tonnage ........................................... 50,000 DWT
maximum LOA ........................................... 210 m
available draught: ........................................... 12’5 m (equivalent to 50 ft)
beam ........................................... no restriction
service 24 hours a day (shinc)
3 jetties (1 of them for barges loading)
Loading facilities (road):
5 loading points (3 single bays for bottom loading plus 2 double bay for top loading)
fully automated system
in line additivation and blending of biofuels
loading capacity: 200 trucks per day
loading hours:
Monday to Friday ........................................... 4 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday ........................................... 4 a.m. to 12 a.m.
Services:
products reception (by tanker, pipe, truck or rail - vegetable oils and FAME)
storage, segregation
heating
nitrogen blanketing
in line additivation during ship discharge or truck loading
dying of gas oil for agriculture and heating
products shipping (by tanker, truck, pipe or rail - vegetable oils and FAME)
connection with the CLH piping network
biodiesel blending (from GOA to B100)
bunkering
Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety System
Quality System meeting the requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and BS OHSAS 18001.
Community eco-management and audit system EMAS.
