Hydera builds South Carolina depot

RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME

DEPOTS • TANK CONTAINERS RELY ON WELL LOCATED CLEANING AND REPAIR FACILITIES TO KEEP TRADING SEAMLESSLY. HYDERA IS AIMING TO OFFER SUCH A SERVICE IN SOUTH CAROLINA

FOR YEARS NOW, word coming out of the international tank container industry has been consistent: growing frustration with logistics bottlenecks along the eastern coast of the US. This frustration has been centred on the lack of tank cleaning infrastructure, poor service and a shortage of transport solutions in the area. Frustration has also been compounded by the further growth in the use of tank containers around the world and expansions of port infrastructure in the region, attracting yet more traffic.

As a global service provider to the tank container and chemical industries, Ouray Environmental Services repeatedly heard these frustrations from its tank container operator clients and determined to do something to help relieve the pressure on the global bulk liquids tank industry. Ouray identified the Charleston, South Carolina area as an ideal location for a new full-service depot for the tank container sector, not least since the state was opening a second container terminal in the port, the Hugh K Leatherman terminal, that aimed to double the port’s intermodal capacity and with a specific goal to increase the volume of tank containers passing through Charleston.

THE FULL PACKAGE This determination on Ouray’s part led to it forming a joint venture with local investment firm Pacolet Milliken this past January. That joint venture, Hydera LLC, is now building what will soon become a full-service tank depot designed specifically to service the tank container sector. It will offer a turnkey solution, including cleaning, maintenance, repair, heating, pressure testing and the storage of both loaded and empty tanks. Hydera has also partnered with Freedom Intermodal Tank Services (TCI Tank), a family-owned, Louisiana-based company, to provide s truly nationwide transport infrastructure.

The Hydera facility is located with the secured perimeter of the Charleston International Manufacturing Centre (CIMC) in Goose Creek, South Carolina. CIMC, which meets the requirements of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS), is a 1,600-acre (650-ha) heavy industrial business park that is home to manufacturing sites for several of the world’s largest chemical companies. It also has deepwater jetties and barge and rail access.

Hydera says that this location within CIMC, along with the full suite of services it will provide, will deliver a facility that will be unparalleled in the North American marketplace. It plans to begin the storage and transport of loaded and empty tanks by September this year and to be in full operation by the end of January 2022. www.ourayservices.com

WORK IS WELL UNDERWAY AT THE NEW HYDERA

DEPOT IN CHARLESTON, WHICH WILL OFFER MUCH

NEEDED TANK CLEANING, REPAIR AND STORAGE