Safi Derince International Port Management Joint Stock Company (Safiport), one of Turkey’s leading ports, has started preparations to increase its capacity with an investment of 441 million in Derince. According to the news of En Kocaeli, Safiport, which has leased the operation of Derince Port until 2064, has applied for an EIA for both the chemical tank, the port area, and the dredging project.
15 thousand square meters of the port area
According to the application made by the company, since the location of the 3 dolphins in the scope of the project is not compatible with the approved zoning plan of TCCD, it was decided to revise the zoning plan, within the scope of the project, the angle of the existing 3 (10 m * 10 m) dolphins was changed and they were removed from the E-pier area. The area of 1,473 square meters will be canceled. Due to the cancellation of the said area, the existing E-pier is planned to be built as a 15,389 square meter port area (pier area) with a total of 7 (10 m*10 m) dolphins.
7 non-chemical tanks
On the other hand, 7 tanks with a total volume of 60 thousand 599 cubic meters will be built with the addition of a granular storage tank at the facility, where a total of 10 units are planned to be built within the scope of the project and the construction of 3 tanks has been completed.
81 chemical tanks and dredging
However, the most striking capacity increase in the project to be implemented by the company will be in chemical tanks. Safiport will add 81 chemical storage tanks with a total volume of 133,900 cubic meters within the scope of the capacity increase project for which it has applied for the EIA. In addition to these projects, the company also plans to carry out dredging activities of 890 thousand 850 cubic meters.
4 fuel tanks
In the facility where 25 personnel are currently working, it is planned to employ 250 personnel during the construction phase and 100 personnel during the operation phase of the said capacity increase project. On the other hand, after 33 tanks of which a total of 65 thousand 845 cubic meters of fuel tanks were transferred from GS Petrol Ürünleri Ticaret Anonim Şirketi (Petroleum Products Trade Joint Stock Company) to Safiport in 2017, the remaining 4 fuel oil tanks with a volume of 9 thousand 330 thousand cubic meters will be implemented with a capacity increase project.
