Motiva to build rail facility for ethanol at Florida site
Motiva Enterprises said it has reached an agreement with Vecenergy to construct a fuel-grade ethanol rail offloading facility at the Motiva terminal in Port Everglades, Florida.
The expanded operations will allow for the delivery of ethanol unit trains directly into existing Motiva storage tanks, the company said.
These new facilities will increase cost efficiency and improve delivery logistics by minimizing the number of transports required before arriving into the South Florida market.
"Motiva is ready to move forward with the construction of the rail offloading project," said Steve Herrington, Motiva general manager of supply.
"Motiva and Vecenergy are pleased to be coordinating efforts with the Florida East Coast Railroad (FEC) to provide an integrated rail-to-terminal delivery system."
Vecenergy currently operates a products terminal at Port Everglades and is active in designing and building operating facilities for offloading, storage and distribution of bulk petroleum products.
"This is a major step in making the Motiva Port Everglades terminal a multi-modal solution for ethanol distribution in the Port," stated Mark Huff, Vecenergy's managing director of commercial and corporate development.
Florida East Coast Railroad said: "The FEC is committed to providing consistent, efficient unit-train service to the Motiva facility. This project will result in supply chain improvements into South Florida in support of the ethanol market.”
The Motiva Port of Everglades terminals have a combined 1.2 million bbl of refined products storage strategically located to serve fuels and ethanol suppliers and consumers in the south Florida area.
The terminal serves ethanol producers and blenders in the US with rail access from the Florida East Coast Railway. When the project is completed, an entire unit train of 80 railcars will be off-loaded and returned to the supplier.
"Motiva is committed to enhancing its position in ethanol logistics throughout the eastern and southern US as we have installed reliable ethanol blending capabilities at our proprietary terminals and adding ethanol rail hub facilities where practical," said Motiva's Herrington.
In addition to this new project, Motiva currently operates ethanol hub facilities at terminals in Sewaren, N.J., Providence, R.I., Doraville, Ga., and Convent, La.
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