The shipping platform

Location: Omisalj is located on the Northern tip of the island of Krk, approx 18km SSE of Rijeka. General overview: The port is operated as a deepwater oil terminal, with two crude oil loading/unloading jetties on the W coast of the bay, with Sepen Bay Petrochemical facility 2.5km to the S. Traffic figures: Approx 150 tankers and 5,590,000t of crude oil and petrochemicals are handled annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: Crude tankers, 350,000DWT. Chemical tankers, 55,000DWT and gas carriers up to 12,000m³ can be accommodated. The area of the Omišalj Terminal comprises two berths intended for receiving and discharging the tankers carrying crude oil or petroleum products, with related equipment. Each berth is equipped with 4x16” unloading arms for crude oil and 2x12” unloading arms for petroleum products. Terminal’s major advantage lies in its being naturally sheltered from the outbursts of strong winds and having the sea depth of approx. 30 m by the berths in the Omišalj Bay. For this reason, the tanker port is safe for accommodating the vessels 24 hours a day all year round. The port has a necessary area in order for even today’s largest tankers (VLCCs/ULCCs) with up to 500 000 deadweight tonnage to be accommodated, able to conduct the manoeuvring and berthing operations and leave the port. Storage tank farm for crude oil at the Omišalj Terminal consists of the following: -eleven storage tanks with capacity of 80 000 m3 each -five storage tanks with capacity of 72 000 m3 each -four storage tanks with capacity of 40 000 m3 each Total: seventeen storage tanks with total capacity of 1 400 000 m3 Storage tank farm for petroleum products consists of the following: -one storage tank with capacity of 20 000 m3 -one storage tank with capacity of 15 000 m3 -four storage tanks with capacity of 10 000 m3 each -one storage tank with capacity 5 000 m3 Total: six storage tanks with total capacity of 80 000 m3 Right next to the storage tanks, there is a road loading facility for petroleum products, with the possibility of simultaneously loading four road tanks, equipped with vapour recovery unit and a possibility of adding additives and biofuels.