Evos optimises Amsterdam

GETTING THE MOST OUT

INFRASTRUCTURE • SYSTEMS NAVIGATOR HAS HELPED EVOS GET THE MOST OUT OF ITS AMSTERDAM TERMINAL BY A THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF TANK AND VESSEL OPERATIONS

EVOS AMSTERDAM SOUGHT advice from Systems Navigator when it was looking to optimise its operations. The analysis provided insight into different infrastructure allocation set-ups, guiding the terminal in its decisionmaking process on the use of its assets at the site and of its personnel.

More specifically, Systems Navigator helped Evos determine how best to allocate its terminal infrastructure in order to minimise the number of sub-orders. Various product and infrastructure allocations were analysed to test their influence on the number of sub-orders, berth occupancy and vessel waiting times. Alongside the potential reallocation of infrastructure, the model’s outcomes identified the influence of potential changes on terminal throughput and the potential benefits of future investment in additional infrastructure.

“We are happy to have had the opportunity to advise and support Evos Amsterdam with their search for improved infrastructure usage,” says Daan Merkestein, senior consultant at Systems Navigator. “By further refining the Evos Amsterdam simulation model, we were able to not only simulate the water-side operations in a very detailed way but also taking into account additional infrastructure usage such as line displacements, pigging operations and tank-to-tank routing.”

EXPERIENCE TELLS This is not the first time that Evos has worked with Systems Navigator. Paul Dekker, front line execution manager at Evos Amsterdam, explains: “The insights we gained from the analyses Systems Navigator performed on our terminal infrastructure helped us to compare different infrastructural allocations. The results helped us to form an educated opinion on how to operate our terminal infrastructure in the most efficient manner.”

Evos Amsterdam is a large site in Europe’s key hub for the storage, blending and transhipment of clean petroleum products, with an overall tank capacity of more than 1.2m m³ for gasoline, middle distillates and related components. In a competitive environment, it is crucial for Evos to be able to offer a modern and highly automated facility with the necessary infrastructure to provide its customers with high throughput, fast vessel turnarounds, on-demand blending and effective vapour recovery.

The analysis provided by Systems Navigator, which describes itself as a global leader in advanced and predictive decision support technology, helps its customers make better decisions on where to allocate capital spending by demonstrating the impact of change through simulation modelling. Its Dropboard platform for planning and scheduling also helps companies optimise their operations, improve customer service and maximise the use of their assets. Aside from Evos, other major clients for Systems Navigator include VTTI’s Euro Tank Terminal in Rotterdam, with which it has worked for seven years, and BASF, for which it developed a jetty simulation tool to optimise vessel operations at its Antwerp production site.

The Amsterdam terminal is one of four in the Evos network, all acquired over the past two years by First State Investments. The three other Evos terminals – in Algeciras, Hamburg and Rotterdam, were acquired from Vopak. Overall capacity in the network is some 2.5m m³, with 403,000 m³ at the Algeciras site and 670,000 m³ at Hamburg. The 172,000-m³ Rotterdam terminal largely handles bio-ethanol and methanol and is partnered by a production unit for formaldehyde and derivatives. evos.eu www.systemsnavigator.com

CLOSE ANALYSIS AND MODELLING WILL HELP EVOS