EuroChem Group AG, Zug, Switzerland, has begun construction of its planned ammonia terminal at the Estonian Baltic seaport of Sillamäe, according to local media reports. The group spoke back in April of its plans for a terminal to handle 1 million mt/y of ammonia in the port (GM April 20, p. 27).
The new terminal will ship ammonia produced from EuroChem’s 2,700 mt/d (approximately 1 million mt/y) ammonia plant nearing completion at Kingisepp, located some 138 km southwest of St Petersburg.
A wholly-owned EuroChem subsidiary, EuroChem Terminal Sillimäe AS, already operates a terminal in the port, mainly handling petrochemical raw materials. It is unclear whether the ammonia terminal under development will share infrastructure with this existing facility.