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The majority of operators are located in the Hamina liquid bulk terminal, although Vopak operates out of both Hamina and Mussalo. As well as importers and exporters of liquid bulks, various processing companies have set up in Hamina to take advantage of its ready access to raw materials from other plants as well as the port’s many transport links. The major operators are: • Oiltanking Sonmarin Oy – Operates 35 tanks in two separate terminals in Mussalo with a total capacity of 84,410 cubic metres shell capacity and deals mainly with liquid chemicals in transit from and to Russia as well as a range of oils and fuels. • Vopak Chemicals Logistics Finland Oy – Operates 34 tanks in Mussalo totalling 125,000 cubic metres, with a further seven tanks totalling 41,000 cubic metres in Hamina. The company is specialised in handling and storing chemicals and oil products as part of transit export, import and domestic flows. The terminals handle rail cars, containers, trucks and vessels, and have heating facilities. • FGG Finngas GmbH – With a total capacity of 35,200 cubic metres for LPG in 14 tanks and spheres, this is the only terminal of its kind in Finland. LPG is delivered by rail from Russia and stored in tanks ready for export across the dedicated pier. • NEOT – In addition to the company’s own fuel storage, it specialises in liquid bulk chemicals and
offers storage and transhipment services. It has 27 storage tanks in Hamina with a total capacity of 93,360 cubic metres. The main product handled is methanol. Most of these products are brought to the terminal in rail tank wagons and exported by sea, but some are used domestically. • Baltic Tank Oy – Operates 20 storage tanks with a total capacity of 57,465 cubic metres. The terminal has several loading stations and a weighbridge for road tankers. Products handled include raw materials and products for the latex industry, fuel oils and bitumen. • ST1 Biofuels Oy – Produces ‘green’ bio-ethanol fuel from waste products and ships exports them by sea for blending. • L&T Recoil – Recycles waste oil into a high quality base oil. Waste is brought in by road and sea and the plant has a direct pipeline link to a berth for loading tankers. • Neste Oil – Handles large volumes of mainly heavy oil from Russia which is stored before been shipped to its refinery at Porvoo. It has 11 storage tanks with 104,000 cubic metres of capacity. • Haanpaa Group – Logistics provider for liquid chemicals and lubricants logistics with 21 storage tanks in a 2,700 square metre warehouse. Also located in the Hamina terminal are: Teboil; Styron Suomi Oy (formerly Dow Suomi Oy), which manufactures latex for high quality paper coatings; Dynea Chemicals Oy, Finland’s largest producer of adhesive resins; and BASF Group, manufacturer of polymer dispersions for use in paper and board coating. Stanoil has a presence in Mussalo.
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