On-site construction
About the collaboration
Alex Eijgenraam, Technical Manager EFEA at ED&F MAN explains about the project and the collaboration:
Our collaboration with Gpi was seamless, from the initial order up to and including delivery, just as I had experienced in a previous project with Gpi. This is the first stainless steel tank of such proportions to be built at our terminals and we anticipate no maintenance will be needed. During construction there were a number of extraneous circumstances which prevented the possibility of building on the foundations, as had initially been intended. Gpi was more than happy to adapt to this new situation and the tank was eventually built in another location and lifted in its entirety onto the foundations. The quality of the tank is not open to question and Gpi delivered fully in compliance with what was agreed.
The client
ED&F Man Liquid products trades in, processes and distributes molasses, vinasse and related products. Molasses is a viscous by-product in the production of sugar from sugar cane or sugar beet. It has a wide range of applications: for example, molasses is used in animal feed, for fermentation, for renewable energy and in the ecological treatment of waste. The new tank was constructed at the terminal in Dublin harbour where ED&F Man has been distributing molasses to local processors for more than 40 years. Furthermore, the terminal offers additional capacity to third parties for the storage and distribution of other agricultural products.
