With a view to reducing the risks associated with handling petroleum products and in line with recommendations from risk assessments, the Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA) constructed an Oil Jetty at Mer Rouge, which was commissioned in November 2008. This specialised facility enables all Class A petroleum products to be handled at Mer Rouge, significantly lowering the risk to nearby administrative areas, residential zones and commercial establishments around the port.
Meanwhile, only less hazardous Class B products, mainly bunkering fuels are allowed to be loaded or discharged at the existing facilities within the inner harbour.
Port Louis Harbour handles approximately 2 million metric tonnes (MT) of petroleum products each year, including white oils (such as motor gasoline, ethanol, gas oil, and jet aviation fuel), fuel oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
Although the oil jetty was initially designed to accommodate tankers of up to 50,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT), the increase in alongside depth from 14.5 metres to 16 metres now permits vessels with a deeper draft to berth at the jetty, allowing for the handling of larger cargo volumes. The facility has a throughput capacity of about 4 Million tonnes per annum. Connecting pipelines run between the oil jetty and various storage tanks of all the oil industry players. The oil jetty was used to load our LPG from storage farm at Port Louis (15,000MT capacity) for distribution to the Indian Ocean Islands and East Africa.
With a view to reducing the risks associated with handling petroleum products and in line with recommendations from risk assessments, the Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA) constructed an Oil Jetty at Mer Rouge, which was commissioned in November 2008. This specialised facility enables all Class A petroleum products to be handled at Mer Rouge, significantly lowering the risk to nearby administrative areas, residential zones and commercial establishments around the port.
Meanwhile, only less hazardous Class B products, mainly bunkering fuels are allowed to be loaded or discharged at the existing facilities within the inner harbour.
Port Louis Harbour handles approximately 2 million metric tonnes (MT) of petroleum products each year, including white oils (such as motor gasoline, ethanol, gas oil, and jet aviation fuel), fuel oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Although the oil jetty was initially designed to accommodate tankers of up to 50,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT), the increase in alongside depth from 14.5 metres to 16 metres now permits vessels with a deeper draft to berth at the jetty, allowing for the handling of larger cargo volumes. The facility has a throughput capacity of about 4 Million tonnes per annum. Connecting pipelines run between the oil jetty and various storage tanks of all the oil industry players. The oil jetty was used to load our LPG from storage farm at Port Louis (15,000MT capacity) for distribution to the Indian Ocean Islands and East Africa.
