Bunker storage tanks will ease road congestion in a port in the northwest of England
The UK Government is giving almost $596,000 (£295,300) towards building bunker storage tanks in a port in the northwest of England.
Liverpool-based supplier Henty Oil Ltd. has been awarded the grant as part of the UK Department of Transport's programme to support freight transport infrastructure projects, designed to reduce road congestion and carbon emissions.
The 3,000 cubic metres of storage space is to be built in the roll-on/roll-off (ro/ro) freight ferry port of Heysham, north of Liverpool.
The tanks will help Henty Oil serve the growing demand for 380 centistoke (cst) bunker fuel from ships carrying cargo between mainland Britain and the island of Ireland. “The ferries have been getting larger and faster,” a spokesman for Henty Oil told Bunkerworld. He said demand for 380 cst product in the port was expected to climb to around 54,000 mt a year. He said “two or three” tanks would be built and that they would be in service early next year. Henty currently supplies the port by road tank wagon (rtw) from Liverpool. The storage tanks will enable product to be delivered by coastal tanker. The Department of Transport has estimated the development will take 34,000 lorry journeys and 3.6 million lorry kilometres off UK roads over a 10-year period. Last year the UK Department of transport gave Henty Oil some $400,000 towards the cost of oil storage facilities at Huskisson Dock in Liverpool.
Liverpool-based supplier Henty Oil Ltd. has been awarded the grant as part of the UK Department of Transport's programme to support freight transport infrastructure projects, designed to reduce road congestion and carbon emissions.
The 3,000 cubic metres of storage space is to be built in the roll-on/roll-off (ro/ro) freight ferry port of Heysham, north of Liverpool.
The tanks will help Henty Oil serve the growing demand for 380 centistoke (cst) bunker fuel from ships carrying cargo between mainland Britain and the island of Ireland. “The ferries have been getting larger and faster,” a spokesman for Henty Oil told Bunkerworld. He said demand for 380 cst product in the port was expected to climb to around 54,000 mt a year. He said “two or three” tanks would be built and that they would be in service early next year. Henty currently supplies the port by road tank wagon (rtw) from Liverpool. The storage tanks will enable product to be delivered by coastal tanker. The Department of Transport has estimated the development will take 34,000 lorry journeys and 3.6 million lorry kilometres off UK roads over a 10-year period. Last year the UK Department of transport gave Henty Oil some $400,000 towards the cost of oil storage facilities at Huskisson Dock in Liverpool.