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ODFJELL QUARTERLY magazine<br />
Dan <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s visit to <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
Terminals Charleston (OTC)<br />
By: Jerry Shreter<br />
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In early October, Bernt Daniel <strong>Odfjell</strong> (“Dan”),<br />
board member and former chairman of <strong>Odfjell</strong>,<br />
made a visit to Charleston, South Carolina, USA,<br />
the site of the Company’s new 150,000 cbm<br />
terminal for bulk liquid chemicals, vegetable<br />
oil and petroleum products. Together with OTC<br />
project members, Bert Noggle, Glenn Aycock<br />
and me, Dan reviewed the project, walking the<br />
site and viewing the future dock location on the<br />
Cooper River, the extensive rail and truck areas,<br />
and the future tank arrangement. We discussed<br />
the terminal’s sophisticated environmental<br />
control systems including pressurized and<br />
internal floating roof tanks, as well as vapor<br />
balancing, and nitrogen compensation system.<br />
Dan met with Steve Dykes, Director of<br />
Charleston County Economic Development<br />
Organization, who has worked to coordinate<br />
the project together with the local, city, county,<br />
and state organisations. During the meeting,<br />
Dan explained his continuing interest in the<br />
terminal side of the <strong>Odfjell</strong> organisation. Having<br />
pioneered the building of specialized and stainless<br />
steel chemical tankers in the 60’s, he led the<br />
chemical industry on a similar path by building<br />
terminals which were especially engineered for<br />
chemicals with respect to safety, quality and<br />
efficiency and met the needs of the international<br />
and local chemical industry. Dan commissioned<br />
the first chemical terminals in South America.<br />
Later chemical terminals were added in North<br />
America, Asia, Middle East and Europe.<br />
Dan discussed that the OTC terminal follows in<br />
the path of the earlier terminals in serving the<br />
developing needs of <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s customers. It serves<br />
the US South East customers, is served by two<br />
railroad companies, requires less than one hour<br />
sailing from the open waters to the protected<br />
terminal dock, and has 12.2 meter draft depth.<br />
We also met Whit Smith, the president of the<br />
Port of Charleston Pilot Association and John<br />
Cameron, the former Captain of the Port for<br />
Charleston. They hosted us on a boat tour following<br />
the ship route from mouth of the Cooper River<br />
to the terminal dock. Dan reviewed the water<br />
side of the terminal, including the approach and<br />
turning areas, and he favorably commented on<br />
the relative advantages that the Charleston port<br />
has over the other ports in the area.<br />
All of us appreciated the time that we spent<br />
with Dan <strong>Odfjell</strong>, learning from his insights<br />
and also enjoying the historical and hospitable<br />
atmosphere of Charleston.<br />
<br />
From left Glenn, Dan and Bert<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Charleston)<br />
• Operational late 2012/early 2013.<br />
• Total capacity up to 150,000 cbm<br />
(1,000,000 bbls).<br />
• Up to 45 tanks ranging in size from 600<br />
to 15,900 cbm (4,000 to 100,000 bbls).<br />
• Easy access for sea-going ships, barges,<br />
rail tank cars and road tank trucks.<br />
• One deep-sea berth for tankers and barges<br />
up to 650 feet LOA and 40 feet draft.<br />
• Tanks meet API-650 and API-620 standards<br />
for maximum environmental protection<br />
and efficiency.<br />
• Product heating, cooling, circulation,<br />
insulation available.<br />
• Nitrogen and other utilities available.<br />
• Approved dockside disposal of ship waste,<br />
including MARPOL waste and engine<br />
slops.<br />
• Responsible Care® 14001 and ISO 9001<br />
certification in progress.<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Tankers’ Safety<br />
& Quality Conference:<br />
– Sharing HSE experience<br />
By Gunnar Moen<br />
The yearly <strong>Odfjell</strong> Tankers’ Safety & Quality<br />
Conference took place in October in Jebel<br />
Ali. The main agenda for the conference was<br />
HSE experience sharing between <strong>Odfjell</strong> and<br />
our long term partners, in order to enhance<br />
safety within our industry.<br />
The first day focused on safety, operational and<br />
technical issues. Managers from various parts<br />
of our organisation presented their focus areas,<br />
inviting participants to put forward questions<br />
for discussion. The session was well received by<br />
everybody, and our visitors agreed that many of<br />
the issues that had been raised would warrant<br />
<br />
further discussions back at their respective<br />
headquarters.<br />
Piracy<br />
The second day was dedicated to piracy, where<br />
external speakers with experience related to the<br />
piracy situation in the Gulf of Aden and Indian<br />
Ocean were invited to make presentations.<br />
There were speakers from Bancroft Maritime<br />
Security Solutions, UKMTO, MARLO and NCIS,<br />
all representing various functions in the growing<br />
efforts to protect the merchant fleet trading in<br />
the area. All representatives were hands-on<br />
professionals. It was an excellent opportunity to<br />
Coffee break at the conference<br />
ask questions and gain a better understanding<br />
of the difficult situation our seafarers and the<br />
maritime industry face. It was easy to see that<br />
a great effort has been made in this area, but<br />
there is still a long way to go before we have<br />
the resources and back up to be in a position<br />
by witch we can put an end to this threat to<br />
ocean transport.<br />
I take this opportunity to thank the <strong>Odfjell</strong> Dubai<br />
office; in particular Erik Nilsen, Captain Tore<br />
Svensen and Noemi Larsen for their assistance<br />
and help in all the arrangements – well done!
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