A leader in the oil transshipment market in Brazil, Vast aims to go beyond this position and become recognized as one of the country’s leading liquid infrastructure operators, with the Açu Liquid Terminal (TLA) serving as a strategic hub for the handling and storage of refined products, biofuels, chemicals, and other liquids.

Located at the Port of Açu, the terminal will feature a tank farm designed to meet the different demands of the market, as well as infrastructure for maritime and road receipt and dispatch operations. This will expand the range of logistics solutions available to different markets and contribute to the development of new liquid supply chains in Brazil.

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TLA FEATURES AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Two operational berths:

A multipurpose pier with a 12.5-meter draft and a 13.9-meter-deep turning basin, designed to accommodate vessels of up to 110,000 tonnes of deadweight and 270 meters in length.

Unloading platform

46 operational loading and unloading arms, with fire protection and spill containment systems.

Optional access channel

17 meters deep, enabling access to vessels with a draft of up to 300 meters.

200,000 m2 area

Allocated for construction.

Support base:

Fully equipped to support operations.

Monitoring with VTS: Vessel Traffic System.

First Phase

The TLA has an area of approximately 200,000 m² allocated for the development of the terminal, with a licensed storage capacity of up to 108,000 m³ for liquid products. In addition, it already has two operational berths to support maritime operations.

The terminal’s first phase is in the final stages of construction, with operations expected to begin in December 2026. This stage includes 11 tanks, with a total capacity of 38,600 m³, already contracted by efene and Vibra.

Future expansions will be developed in the next phases of the project, with the construction of new tanks designed to handle different products, including clean fuels, ethanol, biodiesel, VLSFO and methanol, among others.

Today, TLA provides terminal infrastructure for port support services, such as crew changes, provisioning, and marine lubricants for vessels’ own consumption, among others.

Vision for the Future

In the coming phases, TLA will expand its operations to serve emerging liquid product supply chains, including solutions associated with the energy transition and transport decarbonization. The terminal has the potential to handle products such as ethanol, biodiesel, SAF, methanol and, in the future, e-methanol and green ammonia.