Sydney Morning Herald: Shell eyes Sydney terminal site: “potentially forcing thousands of independent service stations to close”
July 19, 2004 – 10:04PM
Petrol giant Shell is in the running to take over a critical Sydney storage facility from fuel importer Trafigura Australia, potentially forcing thousands of independent service stations to close.
Trafigura, an independent petrol wholesaler, may be forced out of its Port Botany terminal in about six weeks, with site owner Vopek refusing to renew the lease.
“We’ve been trying to try to talk to Vopek, who own the terminal, about an extension to their contract or a new contract from September this year, without success,” Trafigura managing director Barrie Jacobsen told ABC TV.