Site is about 3 mi from Queen Elizabeth dock on Manchester ship canal; first-class port facilities are available for oil tankers up to 28,000 tons dw; terminal occupies area of 20 acres and accommodates main storage and blended products and service tanks having total capacity of 615,000 bbl, road tanker loading bays, and sidings for rail tankers; tank system includes 11 main, 8 service and 4 blended oil tanks, which can provide full range of refined petroleum products, and road tanker gantry can take 10 vehicles at time while sidings are equipped to supply total of 24 rail tankers.


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    Title :

    Ocean oil terminal at Ellesmere Port


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 215 , n 5605


    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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