Odfjell Jiangyin Terminal, the largest liquid chemical storage tanker terminal in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze, recently passed an official inspection by the Jiangsu provincial transport authorities.

A joint venture between Odfjell (55 per cent) and Garson (45 per cent), the Jiangyin terminal is located about 200km downstream of Nanjing and 160km upstream of Shanghai. It went into pilot operation in November 2007 and provides 100,000 cubic metres of storage capacity. The Rmb187m facility has 22 tanks with a handling capacity of 6.9m tons.