Ngqura liquid bulk terminal project, South Africa

1st March 2019

By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media Research Coordinator & Senior Deputy Editor

     

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Name of the Project
Ngqura liquid bulk terminal project.

Location
Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Project Owner/s
The Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has concluded an agreement with Oiltanking Grindrod Calulo (OTGC) in 2016 to plan, fund, build, own, maintain and operate a new liquid bulk handling facility at the Port of Ngqura.

Project Description
The project is one of the Section 56 initiatives that the TNPA has identified to encourage private-sector participation as a key element of the company’s Market Demand Strategy (MDS). It will provide storage and marine infrastructure to support the overall petroleum demand projections for South Africa.

Phase 1 will cater for dedicated jetty pipelines, bulk storage for up to 200 000 m3 and final capacity of 790 000 m3, road loading with a vapor recovery unit, state-of-the-art firefighting facilities and site drainage facilities. Provision has been made for the receipt, storage and distribution of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

The infrastructure will be designed to accommodate vessel sizes of up to 100 000 deadweight tonnage, road loading facilities, intertank transfer/recirculation facilities, stock accounting in real time, office facilities for customers and an independent laboratory.

Phase 2 includes the landside development forming the link between the tank farm and the berth. The port authority will provide infrastructure for the new OTGC tank farm by equipping Berth B100 to function as a liquid bulk berth. It will also build a new access road from the tank farm to the berth. TNPA will provide all the associated services and build a new port entrance on the eastern side of the Couga river.

The liquid bulk facility at the port includes the loading and offloading facilities at Berth B100, the services and equipment to perform operations at the berth, pipeline connectivity to the liquid bulk facility, the buildings, tanks, structures, paving and surfacing on the 20 ha site designated as the liquid bulk facility.

Yearly throughput is expected to be about 1.25-million cubic metres. Future phases will provide for an additional 550 000 m3 of storage capacity available for third-party storage.

Potential Job Creation
An estimated 500 jobs are expected to be created during the construction phase, with a peak of 300 jobs to be created during midconstruction.

The total number of permanent staff required for the terminal is about 50.

Capital Expenditure
Not stated.


Planned Start /End Date
The planned commissioning of Phase 1 is at the end of 2020.

Phase 2 started construction in November 2018.

Latest Developments
OTGC and the TNPA turned the first sod at the site of the Port of Ngqura’s future liquid bulk tank farm and main access road on February 21.

This comes ahead of the planned decommissioning and rehabilitation of the existing liquid bulk facilities at the neighbouring Port of Port Elizabeth, which will pave the way for Ngqura’s establishment as a new petroleum trading hub for Southern Africa.

Having been awarded the concession to develop a liquid bulk storage and handling facility in the Port of Ngqura, OTGC is now embarking on the first phase of construction.

To date, the contract for bulk earthworks has been awarded and this activity will begin immediately.

Civil, mechanical and electrical contractors will be appointed shortly and they will be employing from within the community and developing skills within the construction industry.

The TNPA has already completed Phase 1 of the infrastructure required to service the site, including the detailed design of the new port entrance plaza and the new main access road, as well as the pipeline servitude that will form the link between the new tank farm and the port.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
TNPA GM corporate affairs Lunga Ngcobo, email Lunga.Ngcobo@transnet.net.
Port of Port Elizabeth port manager Rajesh Dana, tel +27 41 507 1710 or email Rajesh.Dana@transnet.net.
OTGC, tel 27 31 304 1451, fax +27 31 305 2848 or email grindrod@grindrod.co.za.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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