Liquid bulk terminal

A liquid-bulk terminal handles liquid cargoes in bulk, including crude oil, refined products, chemicals, and liquefied gases, transferring through loading arms or hoses at a manifold piped to onshore tank farms. The berth is often a piled jetty with breasting and mooring dolphins, or an offshore single buoy mooring for crude, sized to the design tanker so a VLCC berth needs about 22 m to 24 m depth. Vapor recovery, emergency release couplings, fire systems, and spill containment govern the design under chemical and gas safety codes. Throughput is rated in cubic meters or tonnes per hour at the manifold.