BILBAO - Depósitos Portuarios S.A. (Deposa), which last year completed the expansion of its terminal in the port of Bilbao with the construction of six tanks of 2,000 cubic meters each, will continue its expansion in the Basque dock throughout 2023. The company, specialized in the storage of agri-food liquid bulk, will build four more stainless steel tanks, heat-insulated and thermally insulated, with a total capacity of about 8,500 cubic meters, which will exceed 40,000 cubic meters. For this purpose, the operator has requested to the port entity, chaired by Ricardo Barkala, the occupation of a 1,500 square meter plot of land in the Reina Victoria dock, adjacent to its current facilities.

The project, which at the time of going to press had just passed the public information phase, responds to the increase in traffic of its customers, which contemplate a movement of 50,000 additional tons, which would mean working about 12 more ships per year. In 2022, with a flow of more than 100,000 tons, an activity record, the terminal reached an occupancy rate of 95 percent.

The roadmap also includes the construction of a covered area for loading and unloading tanker trucks. The planned investment will exceed 700,000 euros, including civil works, mechanical and electrical works and tanks.

The works will be carried out in two phases. In the first phase, which aims to build the general infrastructure and all the equipment and services of the planned expansion, the port operator will build two tanks of 2,500 cubic meters of capacity each, with a height of 16 meters and a diameter of 14 meters.