Construction is nearing completion of the $12.5 million Catenary Anchored Leg Mooring (CALM) buoy contracted by Emirates National Oil Company Limited (ENOC) for the expansion of its Vopak ENOC Fujairah subsidiary. Built in Abu Dhabi’s GPC yard by Consortium Partners Bluewater & Va Oord ACZ of the Netherlands, the buoy will be ocean-towed to Fujairah and will be fully operational by the end of next month.
“It will meet increased demand and optimize asset utilization while bringing us closer to our goal of establishing Fujairah as the world’s leading bunkering center,” said ENOC Group Chief Executive and Board Member, Hussain Sultan. “It follows back-to-back investments in the facility, which have seen its capacity grow from 500,000 cubic metres in 1998 to over 800,000 cubic metres this year,” he added.
The turret type calm buoy consists of a pipeline end manifold, two 24’’ submerged pipelines and floating hoses and will allow the terminal to handle ships of up to Suezmax size, 175,000 DWT, for discharging and loading at higher pump rates. — (menareport.com)
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