As a trader in liquid bulk products you understand the value of having access to an efficient, flexible and safe tank terminal. It is a vital piece of infrastructure you need to run your daily business. But are you sure that you are in the right terminal with the best infrastructure, in the optimal location and that shows excellent performance? If this isn’t the case it might impact your business in a negative way. Losses due to demurrage, inefficient operations or a lack of flexibility can be high.
Another problem that might occur is that you need tank storage capacity in order to handle an operational issue or in order to take advantage of an opportunity in the market. Quickly finding suitable tank terminals and being able to contact the right people is vital in such a situation. In order to cope with these issues you might try to gather intel and data on terminal infrastructure, locations and performance via the web. But this is a time consuming and tedious task which will only result in an incomplete and inaccurate overview of the terminal landscape. Furthermore data on logistical performance and availability is totally unfindable on the internet making a sensible comparison impossible.
TankTerminals.com can help solve your problems. It is an online tank terminal database platform. For traders/product owners we recommend a PRO subscription. With this powerful tool you can have a complete overview of all tank terminals globally. It provides you with all relevant terminal data, including infrastructure data, logistical performance data and manager contact details. TankTerminals.com will give you the ability to understand the terminal landscape, support all your terminal related decisions, and help you in finding and selecting terminals. It is fast and easy. With a few clicks you can find and filter terminals, see all details and compare terminals. Using the various download options you can extract this data so you can work on it outside of the application.
Our database incorporates commercial and some captive terminals as well. The tool gives an excellent overview of available tank capacity. WIth the various search and filter options you can find the right terminals quick.
With our benchamarking tools you can compare terminals in order to determine relevant differences in infrastructure, logistical performance, tank capacity evolution and tank capacity projection.
Our database incorporates all relevant terminal details. You can review these details in a terminal fact-sheet where the data is displayed in an intuitive and clear way. If you require the raw data, you can use our download tool.
Our benchmarking tool makes it easy to compare one or more terminals with another set of terminals. You can make a comparison based on infrastructural characteristics and logistical performance indicators. Infrastructural characteristics used in the benchmarking tool are tank capacity, number of berths, number of tanks and tank sizes. Logistical performance indicators used in the benchmarking tool are throughput, ship visits, berth occupancy, average duration and tank turns. This comparison or benchmarking exercise offers insights on a terminal’s position in the competitive landscape or can be used to assess logistical performance of a specific terminal compared to other market participants.
As a trading company you would like to know which terminal operator offers you the operational excellence to make you sure you are able to lock in trading profits. Operational excellence needs to be quantified in Key Performance Indicators. Insights from our benchmark analysis tool of marine terminals answer questions such as: which terminals have long loading and discharging times so can I ship my products most efficiently, which berths are least occupied so I am able to handle my vessel as soon as possible and what terminals are busy.
-Antwerp Port Authority
-ARS Recycling Systems (USA)
-Port of Rotterdam.
