CYPRUS: Vessel hits VTT Vasiliko jetty, no oil spill

A cargo vessel carrying diesel a vessel hit the jetty of the VTT Vasiliko oil storage terminal in Vasiliko, on the southern coast of Cyprus, on Monday afternoon on its stern-side “in an attempt to evacuate the berth during extreme weather conditions,” the jetty operator said in an announcement.

“Initial assessment indicates damage to a trestle of the jetty. A full assessment of the damage will take place as soon as the extreme weather subsides, which is expected on Thursday, January 8,” the announcement said.
The vessel, that was not named by VTTV, “incurred only minor damage and was safely positioned at anchorage about 2.5 kilometers from the jetty in the open sea.”
“No oil leakages/spills or personal injuries have been recorded,” the VTTV statement said.
The €300 mln fuel storage terminal and docking jetty was delivered in late-November by construction giant Joannou & Paraskevaides (J&P), with the first weeks of December used for testing of the docking and supply lines.
The project, a subsidiary of international oil storage terminal operator VTTI B.V., 50% of which is owned by Dutch Vitol, features 28 tanks with a total storage capacity of 543,000 cubic metres of core fuel (diesel, gasoline and jet fuel) a deep water marine jetty as well as road tanker loading facilities in phase one. The second phase, scheduled to begin in mid 2015 will create an additional 13 tanks and an extra capacity of 305,000 cubic metres to be completed in 2016.
The company can store crude oil being transported from the Red Sea to Asia’s emerging markets, as 250 trans-shipments per year take place in the open sea around Cyprus.