OVET
OVET specialises in the storage and transhipment of dry bulk cargoes such as coal and petcoke at its terminals in Terneuzen and Vlissingen
Major investments benefit
bulk handling specialist The company provides its customers with additional product screening, blending and crushing services. In addition, OVET has a fleet of large floating cranes that it uses to provide a vessel lightening service. At its two terminals, OVET handles mainly coal and petcoke. It has 600,000 tonnes of storage at its Terneuzen terminal, which can receive panamax vessels of up to 90,000 dwt, and about 2 million tonnes at its Vlissingen terminal, which can simultaneously handle two capesize bulk carriers of up to 180,000 dwt.
A new coal washing plant was opened in early 2015 to screen and wash incoming coal before onshipment. OVET has also become an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO), allowing it to handle customs procedures in-house, adding further confidence and efficiency to its operations
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For lightening services, OVET has three floating cranes of 25 tonnes capacity and one of 36 tonnes. Ships are lightened at Terneuzen and Everingen Roads in the River Scheldt, where the maximum draught is 16.5 metres. OVET can handle 20,000 tonnes in one tide. Each year the terminals handle about 10 million tonnes of dry bulks. These are imported mainly from South Africa, Australia and Russia, with about 90 per cent being onshipped by train and barge to Germany. OVET and Zeeland Seaports have invested about ₏3.5 million in a new coal train loading station, opened in 2013, with a loading capacity of 1,500 tonnes per hour. Each train can carry 2,750 tonnes of coal in 44 wagons. This service is being used to supplement the company’s barge services to Germany.
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