The R650-million Burgan Cape Terminals fuel storage project was launched by Lionel October, director general of the Department of Trade and Industry and the Dutch Minister of Agriculture and State Secretary of Economic Affairs Martin Van Dam, in Cape Town yesterday (Thursday).
The facility offers capacity for up to 118 million litres of fuel with a product portfolio including diesel, petrol, fame and ethanol for blending, and CF2.
Burgan noted on its website that a 12-metre jetty gave direct access to vessels with draughts of up to 12m. The terminal will also be directly connected by pipeline to the inland Chevref refinery, and loading will be optimised with five bottom-loading road truck bays.
Speaking at the launch, October said the Burgan Cape Terminals – an Operation Phakisa project – was a partnership that had been established between Dutch terminal operator VTTI, Thebe Energy (a subsidiary of Thebe Investments), and Jicarro, a 100% black-owned entity.
Van Dam welcomed the partnership between the Port of Cape Town and the Port of Rotterdam, noting that the project was expected to be completed by 2017.
