New Storage Plant at Liverpool
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ANEW installation for the storage in hulk of vegetable oils, tallow, and similar materials has been erected on the quayside at East Trafalgar Dock, Liverpool, for A. S. Jones and Co., Ltd., Liverpool, bulk liquid carriers.
• • The installation comprises 14 tanks, each of 45,000 gal. capacity—a total capacity of 630,000 gal, All the tanks are calibrated to enable users to take advantage of the waterside facilities offered, where vessels of up to 21 ft. draught can be discharged or loaded direct to or from the tanks.
• The central position of the site in the dock system is of great advantage where oil is to be transferred from deep tanks of ocean-going vessels by means of road tank vehicles and for subsequent redistribution inland from store.
A. S. Jones and Co., Ltd., have a fleet of 40 road tank vehicles based on . Merseyside, which, when co-ordinated with fleets of associated companies, gives a total strength of approximately 200 outfits.