The 2019 event is the 39th Latin American Petrochemical Annual Meeting. Founded in 1980, the APLA organization represents the petrochemical and chemical industry of Latin America. The annual APLA event gathers the main companies, chambers and associations of the sector.
Odfjell’ers from Sao Paulo, Houston and Bergen headed to Buenos Aires for a hectic week of networking and discussions with customers about the market, contracts and expectations for the coming years.
APLA is one of the most important meeting points for Odfjell Tankers and our Latin American brokers and customers, as it gathers Presidents, CEOs, managers, technology specialists and leaders from a large section of the chemical industry – Lyondell, Braskem, Tricon, Shell, YPF, Mitsubishi, Dow and Oxiteno included.
Selected customers were specially invited to join for the highlight of this year: The grand celebration of Odfjell Terminals Tagsa’s 50-year anniversary.
Odfjell Terminals Tagsa is comprised of two terminals in Argentina, forming part of the Odfjell family’s 13 terminals network in Latin America. Tagsa is a storage leader within bulk liquids, and has a total 107.391 cbm tank capacity shared between the Campana and the Dock Sud terminal. Campana has 102 tanks, of these 85 carbon steel tanks and 17 stainless steel. The terminal is described as “one of the most sophisticated tank terminals in South America”. The Dock Sud terminal was the first public terminal of the Odfjell Group, with 60 tanks in operation. Together, these two can show to 50 years counting of sustained growth – an accomplishment well worth celebrating.
Hundreds of guests dressed up and mingled in the Buenos Aires evening before the grand party commenced with Brazilian cuisine and entertainment – including Latin music and tango show. According to trusted sources, the party went on far into the wee hours of the night.
