TITLE

Trafigura agrees Malaysian port deal

AUTHOR(S)
Beacham, Will; Burridge, Elaine
PUB. DATE
April 2007
SOURCE
ICIS Chemical Business;4/23/2007, Vol. 2 Issue 63, p33
SOURCE TYPE
Trade Publication
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article reports on the agreement signed by logistics group Trafigura for exclusive use of a dedicated 400,000 m� tank terminal for petroleum and petrochemical products at the port of Tanjung Langsat in Malaysia, in April 2007. Analysts put the cost of the facility at $291.7 million. The company said that the development would push the port into world class logistics, liquid bulk-handling and trading hub for petroleum and petrochemical products.
ACCESSION #
24983130

Tags: CONTRACTS;  TRAFIGURA Beheer BV;  PETROLEUM chemicals industry;  STORAGE facilities

 

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