July the 19th, 2021 - There are plans in place and discussions being had about the construction of the largest Adriatic liquefied gas terminal in the the southern Dalmatian town of Ploce. A public hearing on the matter has been opened.
As Morski writes, Dubrovnik-Neretva County has opened a public debate on the Environmental Impact Study for the construction of a tanker berth for liquid cargo and liquefied petroleum gas terminals in the port of Ploce by the investor Adriatic Tank Terminal.
It is a joint company of the holding company Energija Naturalis and the global trader and logistician VTTI, founded with the idea to build the largest Adriatic liquefied gas terminal in the Port of Ploce. If the idea is accepted and goes ahead, it will be carried out in three different phases, and the value of the total investment currently stands at a massive 135 million euros, Jutarnji list reports.
In the first phase, completed back in 2016, Adriatic Tank Terminal built about 50 thousand cubic metres of new storage space in the Port of Ploce for so-called white derivatives such as motor fuels. Sending an Environmental Impact Study on the construction of a tanker berth for liquid cargo and liquefied petroleum gas is a step towards the realisation of the second phase of the investment, which envisages the construction of 200,000 cubic metres of oil storage and 60,000 cubic metres of liquefied petroleum gas storage space.
The third phase of the Adriatic liquefied gas terminal project refers to the very construction of additional storage capacity of at least 100 thousand cubic metres for petroleum products. It is estimated that the existing berth for cargo transshipment in the Port of Ploce cannot ensure the reception of larger ships and tankers at this moment in time.
Therefore, investors are planning on the construction of a brand new berth in the port that would allow the reception of ships up to 88 thousand tonnes of carrying capacity for petroleum products, or 58 thousand tonnes of carrying capacity for liquefied petroleum gas.
According to the decision made by Dubrovnik-Neretva County and the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, the public debate on the Environmental Impact Study of the new Adriatic liquefied gas terminal in the Port of Ploce will last for one month, ending on August the 10th this year and with the central meeting being held in Ploce on July the 21st, 2021, during which the investors will present the project.
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