The project will offer several services of additional value along with storage as well as meeting the raising demand for petroleum derivatives storage in the region and the enhancement of cargo sector together with commercial transaction, international trade, retail sales and meeting the needs of ships, electricity stations and other commercial and economic sector of diesel.
Engineer Omar Abdullah Al Shamsi, logistic & trading manager at Emarat announced that after the conclusion of this project, the company will contribute in opening new scopes to develop the fuel storing sector in the region in accordance with the strategic site of Fujairah Port and to the role to be played in improving the local and international economy.
Shamsi said Emarat depends on its long expertise in managing fuel storage units, and it looking to promote this project among global partners in the petroleum field. The company is presently managing five storage units with a total capacity of 383 thousand cubic meters, and these units are distributed in different regions in the UAE. As well, there are two more storage units managed with global partners with a total storage capacity of 285 thousand cubic meters indicating that after the conclusion of the construction works of the project, the storing capacity of Fujairah storing unit will raise from 50 thousand cubic meters to 250 thousand cubic meters.
Engineer Omar A. Al Zaffin, manager engineering operations, said that the design of the new tanks fulfills with the highest criteria of safety, as they employ control systems in accordance with global standards. As well, the project is located in a strategic region that facilitates supplying fuel to commercial ships, as it has its routes to shipping docks in Fujairah Port, the African markets and the Indian Peninsula.
Engineer Al Zaffin further said that the project will be managed by Emarat and supervised by a trained and qualified team that has the needed expertise and capability to operate such a project.
