OPIS Global LPG: Energy Transfer Opens Fourth Dock at Nederland Terminal

HOUSTON – Energy Transfer has announced to delegates at the 2025 OPIS Global LPG Conference in Houston that the fourth dock at its Nederland Terminal on the Texas Gulf Coast began operations on Friday, with all four docks now in use.

Loading rates for propane and butane can reach 30,000 bbl/hour at each of the four natural gas liquids loading docks. The terminal is capable of loading a Very Large Gas Carrier in less than 24 hours.

Additionally, Very Large Ethane Carriers can be loaded at around 45,000 bbl/hour, placing over 900,000 bbl on a ship in less than 24 hours, among the fastest rates in the industry.

There were four vessels at Energy Transfer’s Nederland Terminal, data from shipping analytics firm Vortexa showed. Three VLGCs – the Vivit Fornax, Lantana Planet and Future Ace – were all located at the terminal, while the VLEC Seri Erlang was also present.

Energy Transfer’s international NGL marketing representative Kent Holmstrom also told delegates the firm expects to ship its first ethylene cargo out of Nederland next month.

–Reporting by Jamie Aldridge, jaldridge@opisnet.com; Editing by Michael Kelly, mkelly@opisnet.com

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