Royal Vopak has sold its land position in Turkey. On 22 January 2015 all conditions related to this transaction were fulfilled. The divestment is part of the divestment program, as announced on 2 July 2014. This plot of land was already classified as ‘held for sale’ in prior reporting periods. The buyer of the site is a Turkish industrial group. No details about the terms and conditions of the transaction are disclosed. The transaction will not have a material impact on the results.
Profile Royal Vopak
Royal Vopak is the world's largest independent tank storage company by capacity, specialized in the storage and handling of oil products, liquid chemicals and gasses. As per 22 January 2015, Vopak operates 80 terminals in 28 countries with a combined storage capacity of 34.0 million cbm, with another 6.1 million cbm under development, to be added by 2019. Vopak’s mission is to ensure safe, reliable and effective storage and handling of bulk liquid products at key marine locations that are critical to its customers around the world. The majority of its customers are companies operating in the oil, chemicals and gas sector, for which Vopak stores a large variety of products destined for a wide range of industries.
Vopak's strategic focus is on four categories of terminals: Major hubs, supporting intercontinental products flows;Terminals facilitating growth in global gas markets; Import distribution terminals in major markets with structural deficits; Industrial and chemicals terminals, in the Americas, the Middle East and Asia.