A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT THAT INVOLVED
THREE COMPANIES FROM THE GROUP
Stena Metall Group has several companies that are active in different areas. Every day, these companies work successfully and create value. In some projects, the Group's different companies come together to meet the challenge ahead. One example of such cooperation is the repair of the tank that Stena Oil took over from Stena Recycling. The work was done with steel plates supplied by Stena Stål.
In 2021, Stena Oil bought a tank from Stena Recycling. This was possible because of Stena Recycling’s investments in the Skarvik plant for hazardous waste. The investment has made the process more efficient, and Stena Recycling, therefore, needs fewer tanks. This is not the first tank that Stena Oil has taken over from Stena Recycling, they bought the first in 2020 when the new sulfur directives came from the UN / IMO regarding requirements for shipping.
“It is a long process to build new tanks since there are a lot of permits that you need to have. There is also a shortage of space in the port of Göteborg, which makes it difficult to act quickly. Because of our close cooperation inside the Group, we have been able to be quicker than our competitors, which has been a success for us,” says Martin Josefsson, Project Manager, Stena Oil.
The new tank will play an important role for Stena Oil. It will be a key to covering the gap between the decommissioning of old tanks in the Dalanäs terminal and before the move to the terminal being built in Frederikshavn, Denmark. To get the new tank into use, the roof, which is made of steel, needed to be renewed. Martin Josefsson at Stena Oil contacted Stena Stål and told them what was needed in the project. Stena Stål had the requested plate in stock and could quickly deliver the requested material.
THE POWER IN BEING ABLE TO HELP EACH OTHER
The tank is large, around 20 meters high. For the repair of the roof, Stena Stål delivered 68 steel sheets with measures of 6m x 1,5m, in total 30 tonnes of sheet metal.
”When Martin Josefsson contacted us about the sheet metal that they needed, we became very happy. This is proof of the power that the Stena Metall Group has. We can help each other at a short notice and in an efficient way”, says, Jesper Odeholm, Branch Manager for Stena Stål in Göteborg.
The work to replace the sheet metal started at the end of February and took about three weeks to complete. All the material from the old roof was sent to Stena Recycling. Carrying out the repair in wintertime was complicated. It is very weather dependent, because of safety you cannot work when it is too windy, wet, or cold. When welding the sheet metal, there could not be any precipitation either. In this project, however, the weather gods were on Stena Oil’s side.
“We were very lucky with the weather. There were fine days with no rain or ice so the company we hired was able to work without stopping. We are very pleased with this project and the cooperation with Stena Recycling and Stena Stål,” Martin Josefsson concludes.
