The shipping platform

Location: Port de Lavéra is situated nearby to Phare du fort de Bouc and Port-de-Bouc at West Mediterranean in France. General overview: Lavera is a subport of Marseilles. Harbour has been specifically designed and equipped to handle refinery products and the discharge of oil tankers. Each berth has flexible pipe connections, with articulated metal arms, supported by special cranes. The type of pipework depends on the product handled (crude or refined) and is connected to the storage tanks of CFR, Shell, SFP–BP Lavera Refinery and the maritime terminal of SPLSE (supplies the Esso Refinery at Fos). Chemicals: Discharge rate using vessels’ pumps 150 t.p.h., loading rate using land pumps 150 – 300 t.p.h. Storage Capacity: MAVRAC: 53,000 cu.m., density 0.80 – 1.62 Berths: -Berth A1, No. 711: LOA: 110 m; draft: 9.5 m; remarks: LPG, chemicals. -Berth A2, No. 712: LOA: 110 m; draft: 10.1 m; remarks: Products, chemicals. -Berth A4, No. 714: LOA: 200 m; draft: 11.3 m; remarks: Products, LPG, chemicals. -Berth B, No. 721: size: 40,000 dwt; LOA: 250 m; draft: 10.5 m; remarks: Crude, products. -Berth C, No. 722: size: 40,000 dwt; LOA: 250 m; draft: 10.5 m; remarks: Crude, products. -Berth D, No. 723: size: 50,000 dwt; LOA: 250 m; draft: 10.6 m; remarks: Crude, products. -Berth E, No. 724: size: 40,000 dwt; LOA: 250 m; draft: 11.5 m; remarks: Crude, products. -Berth F, No. 725: size: 70,000 dwt; LOA: 250 m; draft: 11.6 m; remarks: Crude, products, LPG. -Berth G, No. 726: size: 70,000 dwt; LOA: 250 m; draft: 12 m; remarks: LPG. -Berth H, No. 727: LOA: 200 m; draft: 11 m; remarks: LPG, chemicals. -Berth H Bis., No. 728: LOA: 130 m; draft: 10.4 m; remarks: LPG, chemicals. -Berth K1, No. 701: LOA: 90 m; draft: 6.1 m; remarks: Products, LPG. -Berth K5, No. 705: LOA: 100 m; draft: 5.8 m; remarks: Products. -Berth K6, No. 706: LOA: 100 m; draft: 5.9 m; remarks: Products. Load line zone: Summer.