Alkion acquires terminal from ENI

Alkion Terminals (Alkion) has acquired a liquid bulk tank terminal based in Vado Ligure, Savona, Italy from ENI. The company is now the sole owner and operator of Alkion Terminal Vado Ligure.

The new terminal is in a strategic seafront location near Genoa. Alkion Vado Ligure is connected by pipeline to the Trecate Refinery and will continue to offer a high-quality service to its customers. Going forward, Alkion plans to modernise and expand the terminal capacity and infrastructure to provide its customers a world-class service in multiple strategic locations across western Europe.

CEO at Alkion Terminals and Partner at Coloured Finches, Rutger van Thiel said: “We are delighted to welcome the customers and terminal staff to Alkion Terminals. We look forward to continue serving the European petroleum and chemical industry at our ten Alkion terminals and to pursue our ambition to further expand the Alkion network into Europe.”

Founder and CEO of InfraVia, Vincent Levita said: “We are excited to take over this high-quality asset and we look forward to supporting the further growth of Alkion”.

Established in 2016 as a new independent tank terminal operator focusing in Western Europe, Alkion is creating a network of tank terminals that perform a primary role in the hydrocarbon downstream and other liquid bulk logistics value chain. Following the transactions Alkion owns and operates 10 terminals in five countries with a tank capacity of around 1.3 million cubic meters.

For more information visit www.alkion.com

1st Aug 2017