SCO for Vopak & non-Vopak FOB — JetA1, D2, D6, LNG, ULSD, EN590

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SCO for Vopak & non-Vopak FOB — JetA1, D2, D6, LNG, ULSD, EN590

This Soft Corporate Offer is for the sale of various petroleum products at Vopak and non-Vopak terminals. The offer is strictly for buyers ready to transact and purchase products at Vopak Tank Terminals. Valid as of May 14, 2025

Aviation Fuel (Jet A1)

Ports FOB Rotterdam, Houston, Jurong, Fujairah
Minimum Quantity (per Month) 500,000 Barrels
Maximum Liftable Quantity 2,000,000 Barrels
FOB Price Gross USD $76.00 / Net USD $74.00 per Barrel
Commissions $2 total, Seller side – $1.00 per Barrel / Buyer side – $1.00 per Barrel, Payable by Seller

Diesel Gas Oil D2

Ports FOB Rotterdam, Houston, Jurong, Fujairah
Minimum Quantity (per Month) 10,000 Metric Tons
Maximum Liftable Quantity 300,000 Metric Tons
FOB Price Gross USD $540.00 / Net USD $530.00 per Metric Ton
Commissions $10 total, Seller side – $5.00 per Metric Ton / Buyer side – $5.00 per Metric Ton, Payable by Seller

Virgin Fuel Oil D6

Ports FOB Rotterdam, Houston, Jurong, Fujairah
Minimum Quantity (per Month) 100,000,000 Gallons
Maximum Liftable Quantity 400,000,000 Gallons
FOB Price Gross USD $0.79 / Net USD $0.75 per Gallon
Commissions $0.04 total, Seller side – $0.02 per Gallon / Buyer side – $0.02 per Gallon, Payable by Seller

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

Ports FOB Rotterdam, Fujairah
Minimum Quantity (per Month) 400,000 Metric Tons
Maximum Liftable Quantity 100,000 Metric Tons
FOB Price Gross USD $490.00 / Net USD $480.00 per Metric Ton
Commissions $10 total, Seller side – $5.00 per Metric Ton / Buyer side – $5.00 per Metric Ton, Payable by Seller

Ultra-Low Sulphur Diesel

Ports FOB Rotterdam, Jurong, Fujairah
Minimum Quantity (per Month) 50,000 Metric Tons
Maximum Liftable Quantity 200,000 Metric Tons
FOB Price Gross USD $520.00 / Net USD $510.00 per Metric Ton
Commissions $10 total, Seller side – $5.00 per Metric Ton / Buyer side – $5.00 per Metric Ton, Payable by Seller

EN590-10PPM

Ports FOB Rotterdam, Jurong, Fujairah
Minimum Quantity (per Month) 40,000 Metric Tons
Maximum Liftable Quantity 300,000 Metric Tons
FOB Price Gross USD $510.00 / Net USD $500.00 per Metric Ton
Commissions $10 total, Seller side – $5.00 per Metric Ton / Buyer side – $5.00 per Metric Ton, Payable by Seller

Vopak to Vopak Transaction Procedure (FOB Vopak Terminals Dip & Pay)

  1. Buyer sends CIS and ICPO of their purchasing product to Seller for verification and processing.
  2. Seller submits buyer files to Vopak Terminal Manager.
  3. Seller sends Commercial Invoice. Buyer within 24 hours signs and returns the CI.
  4. Seller reviews buyer signed CI and submits the signed copy to Vopak. Vopak Management reviews, approves, and within 24 hours sends Vopak Agreement through Seller. Buyer within 48 hours of receiving the Vopak Agreement signs and returns through Seller.
  5. Buyer finalizes the Vopak Terminal Protocols cost through the supplier with the Vopak Terminal Management and obtains the following, submitting them to Seller:
    • Vopak Bar-code
    • Vopak Registration information
    • Vopak Reference Code
  6. Buyer provides Authorization Form:

    LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION: We, (Buyer Name____________), with registered Office at (Address____________), represented by Mr. (Name____________) with Passport number (Number____________), Owner of Bar-code code at Royal Vopak Rotterdam, with contract reference number: (Number____________).”

    Note: Immediately after completing this process and receiving the Vopak Reference through Vopak Terminal Management, Buyer will have access to communicate directly with Vopak Management using the assigned Reference Code.

  7. Seller issues Buyer Full POP documents along with a fresh SGS report (not less than 48 hours, one-time official confirmation mail from SGS official), including:
    • Fresh SGS Report or Saybolt (not later than 24 – 72 hours)
    • Tank Storage Receipt (TSR) with GPS Coordinates of where the Tanks/Vessel are located
    • Injection Report Agreement
    • Authorization to Sell
    • Authorization to verify the product in the tank (ATV)
    • Country Certificate of Origin
    • Approved Dip Test Authorization (DTA)
    • Availability of Product
    • Commitment to Supply
  8. After verification of full POP by Buyer, product injection is carried out.
  9. Upon completing the injection, Seller transfers title to Buyer.
  10. Buyer makes full payment via MT103. Seller pays commission to the intermediaries.

Terms and Conditions

  • An excellent ICPO uses this sort of language, “The Buyer, with full legal and corporate responsibility, agrees and hereby makes the irrevocable commitment to purchase the said product in the amount and quality herein stipulated.”
  • Any Buyer with an existing Vopak Account must send screenshots of their account with Vopak, including previous transaction records and all documents attached to the account for verification. (Alternatively, add Account Holder Vopak ID to ICPO for verification purposes.) Other sensitive information can be submitted directly.
  • Vopak accounts are assigned to a single company, not a group of companies, joint venture or partners. Only after verification will the account be considered for transaction.
  • Other than the obligation of Buyer to make payment to Seller for product received hereunder, neither party shall be liable to the other for failure or delay in performance due to a force majeure event as defined in the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Force Majeure Clause 2010 and hardship event as defined in the ICC Hardship Clause 2010.
  • The Seller warrants performing delivery of the commodity on an FOB, inside customs – out-turn quality and quantity basis, to the Buyer’s designated on FOB Vopak Tank Terminals.
  • The first loading shall take place within five (5) banking days from the date of receipt of the signed Vopak Tank Agreement at the loading port.
  • Kindly copy the transaction procedure to the ICPO before submitting.
  • Communication will only be accepted from the official company Buyer email domain.

Non-Vopak Transactions:

FOB Tank to Tank Procedure

  1. Buyer issues ICPO to the Refinery, with banking details alongside the Buyer’s Tank Storage Agreement (TSA) and Company Certificate of Incorporation via electronic mail.
  2. Refinery issues the Commercial Invoice to the Buyer with Product Analysis Report (Product Passport) and commitment to supply.
  3. Buyer signs and returns the Commercial Invoice to the Refinery.
  4. Seller provides Draft ATV “Authorization to Verify” to Buyer’s logistic company/Tank Farm Operator. Buyer completes the necessary details on their official letterhead and returns the signed document for Seller verification of Buyer storage company.
  5. Refinery sends the following documents to Buyer:
    • Certificate of Origin
    • Analysis Report by SGS (not older than 3 days)
    • NOR “Notice of Readiness”
    • Tank Storage Receipt with full GPS coordinates (TSR)
    • Authorization for Physical Verification of product at Seller’s Tank (ATV)
    • Authorization to Sell and Collect (ATSC)
    • Injection Report
    • Dip Test Authorization Letter (DTA)
  6. After verifying all documents and confirming the SGS Analysis Report (not older than 3 days) is genuine, Buyer remits full payment to Refinery’s designated bank account via MT103. Simultaneously, Buyer sends a five (5) days TSR and ATI letter “Authorization to Inject” to Refinery to program the injection of products into Buyer’s storage tank for Quantity & Quality (Q&Q) inspection.
  7. Refinery issues DTA “Dip Test Authorization Letter” to the Buyer with Injection Report after the complete injection of the product into the Buyer’s storage tank.
  8. If the SGS Analysis Report (not older than 3 days) does not conform with the product specification, Refinery replaces it with a new batch and a new SGS Analysis Report (not older than 3 days) for Buyer verification and approval.
    Once the SGS Analysis Report is successfully verified and approved, Buyer remits full payment via MT103 for the total value of the product. Within 24 hours after payment confirmation, Refinery issues the Title Transfer Ownership Certificate along with all other export documents to Buyer.
  9. Refinery issues a 12-month contract for the Buyer’s review and execution.

FOB Tank to Tank Houston Transaction Procedure

  1. Buyer sends ICPO well addressed to the Seller company alongside Buyer’s international passport copy and their TSA for Seller verification.
  2. Seller provides Commercial Invoice to Buyer.
  3. Buyer signs and returns Commercial Invoice (CI) to Seller along with TSR (3 days) well addressed to Seller’s company, and a scanned copy of NCNDA/IMFPA signed by all Buyer groups with commission structures, notarized by the Notary Public in Houston and endorsed by Seller’s bank. (No fee is required from the Buyer for NCNDA/IMFPA notarization in Houston).
  4. Seller releases Full POP documentation:
    • Fresh SGS report (less than 48 hours)
    • ATSC (Authorization to Sell and Collect)
    • ATV (Authorization to Verify)
    • An Unconditional DTA for Buyer’s optional Dip Test if needed
    • Injection Report
  5. Buyer verifies the full Proof of Product (POP) documentation.
  6. Buyer pays after completion of injection for the total value of product injected into the tanks through USDT/MT103/TT wire transfer. The title ownership is immediately transferred to the Buyer.
  7. Buyer pays after carrying out the Dip Test in the Seller’s tank storage and after the product is injected into the Buyer’s tank storage.
  8. Seller pays commission to all intermediaries involved in the transaction immediately after confirmation of the Buyer’s payment, in accordance with the signed and sealed NCNDA/IMFPA notarized by the Notary Public in Houston and endorsed by Seller’s bank.

FOB (Rotterdam, Houston, Jurong Ports) Transaction Procedure

  1. Buyer issues ICPO with banking details.
  2. Seller issues a Commercial Invoice.
  3. Buyer within 24 hours returns to Seller the signed CI with Letter of Acceptance.
  4. Buyer provides Seller with their TSA from a reliable tank farm for Seller verification and approval.
  5. Seller pays for Buyer’s tank for three (3) days. After confirmation of payment from the Buyer’s tank farm, Buyer pays for two (2) days to complete the five (5) days TSR and sends it to the Seller.
  6. Seller issues to Buyer the NOR (Notice of Readiness) and injection schedule to commence the injection of the product.
  7. Seller commences with the injection of the first-month shipment quantity from the Refinery Storage Reservoir through the pipeline into the leased storage tank in the port of loading or tank-to-tank.
    Note: If the injection process exceeds 2 days, the Buyer shall complete the outstanding days to enable the conclusion of the injection, depending on the tank location.
  8. Upon completion of the injection, Seller issues DTA to the Buyer, and the Buyer inspects the product with an SGS Agent. Seller issues Authority to Sell and Collect (ATSC) to Buyer.
  9. After the Buyer’s successful Q&Q Dip Test on the product, Buyer makes payment for the total value of the product injected into the tanks through USDT/MT103/TT wire transfer.
  10. Upon Seller receiving the payment for the product from the Buyer, Seller issues to Buyer the Title Ownership of the product and all exportation documents.
  11. Buyer lifts the product with its vessel tanker.
  12. Seller pays all intermediaries involved in the transaction and sends SPA to the Buyer for one year. Subsequently, monthly shipments continue as per the terms and conditions of the Sales and Purchase Agreement contract between Buyer and Seller.

Transaction Working Procedures for Tank to Tank Extension

  1. Buyer sends ICPO, Company Registration Certificate, and a copy of their international passport.
  2. Seller sends CI, and Buyer signs and returns it to the Seller.
  3. Seller releases ATSC, ATV, READINESS TO INJECT, and CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN.
  4. Buyer contacts Seller’s tank to take over and lease the Seller’s tanks for the total period of the Dip Test. Seller releases Unconditional DTA, and Buyer confirms product Q&Q via SGS.
  5. Buyer signs the NCNDA/IMFPA and returns it to Seller.
  6. Upon confirmation, Seller authorizes Buyer to pay for the product. Upon payment confirmation, Seller releases all Export Documents and Title Transfer Certificate.
  7. Possible rolls and extensions.

Pre Arrival and Terminal Acceptance Questionnaire & Requirements for Vopak Terminal Europoort

To efficiently process a ship at Vopak Terminal Europoort, the following steps and documents are required:

Practical Links: Barge Arrival Service https://bas.diize.com/BargeArrivalService/Login

Planning – Operational Guidelines: Planning-Operational Guidelines (English) https://www.vopak.com/system/files/vouwfolder_operational_planning_guidelines_okt2016_uk_3_2_0_0.pdf

Jetty Details Europoort: Jetty Details https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bu8MO9D5-ltB8gHY4GpK3TdqQi-6POpVHbQd56WM-_8/edit?usp=sharing

General Inquiries:

Contact Vopak Headquarters:

  • Address: P.O. Box 863, 3000 AW Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Telephone: +31 (0)10 400 2911

Terminal Manager

The assistant terminal manager for Vopak Terminal Botlek is Ad Pollemans. Contact him via the customer service number +31 104729728 or email service.nl@vopak.com to connect directly.

Documents and Resources

Access the following documents to support your En590 purchase:

Purchasing En590

To purchase En590 diesel fuel, follow these steps:

  1. Contact the commercial department at sales.vetn@vopak.com for purchasing and storage agreements.
  2. Call +31 104729728 for operational details or to speak with Ad Pollemans at Vopak Terminal Botlek.
  3. Submit the Terminal Acceptance Questionnaire to europoort-cs@vopak.com for Vopak Terminal Laurenshaven, which specializes in gasoil/diesel.

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