The 20,000sqm facility will be operational by early Q2-2022
AquaChemie Middle East, a leading chemical sales and services company and part of the UAE-based AquaChemie Group recently broke ground on its strategic, world-class petrochemical terminal in DP World’s flagship, Jebel Ali Port, Dubai.
The AED 150mn (US$ 40mn) project will serve as a vital gateway, facilitating and boosting the growing petrochemical trade between manufacturers and end-users in the Middle East and globally, while also addressing the acute shortage of storage facilities for redistribution and lease for bulk chemicals in Jebel Ali Port.
The advanced specialized bulk storage terminal will have a total envisaged capacity of around 40,000cbm out of which 35,000cbm will be in bulk storage tanks and about 5,000cbm in ISO tanks and drums.
Scheduled for construction completion by early Q2-2022, the facility will be a turnkey and fully integrated distribution center capable of handling bulk imports and packed chemicals at high volume.
AquaChemie Middle East targets revenue of around US$ 400mn from the petrochemical terminal business in the next 7 years. This would form a substantial portion of the AquaChemie Group business.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new chemical terminal was attended by Mohammed Al Muallem, CEO and Managing Director, DP World, UAE region and CEO, JAFZA, and Abdulla Bin Damithan, Chief Commercial Officer, DP World, UAE Region, with others from DP World’s top management in addition to senior officials of AquaChemie Middle East.
AquaChemie Middle East has engaged Mott MacDonald, the global engineering, management, and development consultancy, to undertake the project’s concept design, basic engineering, detailed engineering and PMC (Project Management Contract).
The key advantage of the 20,000sqm project is its strategic location – connected by four jetty pipelines – located only 500m from Jebel Ali Port Chemical Berth #4. The deep-water port is the flagship facility of DP World that has a portfolio of over 80 marine and inland terminals across six continents.
“This new petrochemical facility will make us a sizeable industry player, responsibly focused on Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE),” observed Subrato Saha, Co-Founder and Director, AquaChemie Middle East.
