Energy company BP has successfully completed an extensive project aimed at expanding its fuels terminal in the Amsterdam harbour area. An increase in the number of jetties and modifications to existing facilities will reduce waiting times for seagoing vessels and barges and enable the terminal to significantly grow its throughput. The entire project has taken about two and a half years and costed €65 million.

The BP Amsterdam Terminal (BAT) now has four additional jetties for barges and one additional jetty for seagoing vessels. Further work which has taken place included modifications to the terminal’s already existing seagoing jetties, pipe networks and road infrastructure. These adjustments will allow the terminal to handle more vessels and significantly increase its throughput. The Amsterdam Harbour authorities are pleased with the expansion which will further strengthen Amsterdam’s hub-function at the oil products market.

The project has been carried out for BP by Jacobs Nederland B.V., while there was also an important role for a large number of sub-contractors – among which various parts of Koninklijke BAM Groep (BAM Civiel and BAM Infratechniek), Visser & Smit Hanab, Strukton Industriebouw, Actemium, ADT Fire & Security (part of Tyco International) and Vonk Industrial Contracting

The BAT – situated in the western harbour area of Amsterdam – is a modern import/export terminal for fuels such as propane, butane, gasoline, gas oil and diesel. With 77 tanks and a total storage capacity of one million cubic metres, it is one of the largest fuels storage facilities in Amsterdam and Europe. In total, the BAT now has nine jetties for barges and three for seagoing vessels. Next to this, the terminal has a loading rack for trucks.

Jacobs Nederland B.V. is a subsidiary company of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC). With annual revenues exceeding $12 billion, Jacobs is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional and construction services. Jacobs has been working for BP in Europe since 1985 and has successfully completed many projects for the energy company.

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