Overview

In Australia, Marstel owns and operates bulk liquid terminals at Altona and Coode Island in Melbourne, and recently acquired the Mobil Bell Bay fuels terminal in Tasmania.

The Altona operation provides secondary storage for bulk importers and then further adds value through providing blending and manufacturing services, packaging and logistics supply chain management. The facility has 40 tanks and extensive warehousing storage areas and is approved by ExxonMobil to handle their bulk and packaged aviation fuels. The site has pipeline access to Holden Dock and Corio, and is located adjacent to the Altona petrochemical complex.

The Coode Island facility is a marine terminal with pipeline access to Maribyrnong no. 1 berth. This new state of the art facility represents the most significant improvement in the storage and handling of bulk liquid chemicals in Australia for many years, and achieves the highest level of safety and environmental standards. The terminal has a capacity of 26,000m³ with expansion capability to 50,000m³.

The Bell Bay fuels terminal is located approx 50 kilometres north of Launceston, on the Tamar River, at Bell Bay which is the principal port for Tasmania. The terminal has pipeline access to a modern dedicated bulk liquids berth, and an excellent draft of 12 metres. The terminal has a total of 10 bulk tanks with a combined storage capacity of 44,000m³, and is capable of storing diesel, unleaded petrol, aviation fuel, heavy fuel oils and Biofuels.

In New Zealand, Marstel operates three chemical terminal sites at three major ports, Auckland, Tauranga and Bluff, and owns the only certified chemical barge in New Zealand. The company is approved by BP, Mobil and Shell for the storage and handling of their bulk liquids and has previously been contracted to BP to operationally manage one of their bulk liquid storage sites. Marstel’s New Zealand terminals comply with the international operating standards required by these multinational companies and additionally to ISO 9001-2000 and ISO 14001-2004.

The Gabador Place terminal provides both bulk liquid and packaged product facilities, further enhanced by blending services to assist in the logistics supply chain management.  Bulk liquid storage ranges from 50m³ - 700m³ and the subsequent downsizing of this product from 200lt down to 20lt.

The Freemans Bay Terminal is only 450 metres from the chemicals berth, which services the terminal via 3 pipelines.  This terminal currently handles all of the acrylate and other monomer intermediaries used by New Zealand industry.                              

In both Australia and New Zealand, Marstel is undertaking major new terminal developments. At the Port of Tauranga, a new state-of-the-art bulk liquids terminal is being constructed, and will be commissioned in July 2008. The close proximity of the site to the bulk liquids berth (250 metres) is a significant advantage providing added flexibility for the storage and handling of a wide range of bulk liquids. Initially the terminal will be dedicated to the storage of non-hazardous liquids, including edible oils, hazardous class 8 and class 6 products .  The terminal will have an initial storage capacity of 12,000m³.