Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 8 March 2017
During the Annual General Meeting to be held on 19 April 2017, it will be proposed to appoint Mrs. Hanne B. Sørensen as member of the Supervisory Board as per that date. Hanne has a broad experience in international logistics, including in the area of shipping of refined oil products, and in managing a global network among others as CEO of Maersk Tankers and as CEO of Damco.
The formal notice of the Annual General Meeting, the agenda and the shareholders circular will today become available on the Vopak website.
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Profile Vopak
Royal Vopak is the world's leading independent tank storage provider for the oil and chemical industry. As of 8 March 2017, Vopak operates 67 terminals in 25 countries with a combined storage capacity of 35.7 million cbm, with another 2.8 million cbm under development, to be added before the end of 2019. Vopak's purpose is to store vital products with care. Vopak provides safe, efficient and clean storage and handling services of bulk liquid products and gases at key marine locations that are critical to its customers around the world. The majority of its customers are companies operating in the oil, chemicals and gas sector, for which Vopak stores a large variety of products destined for a wide range of industries. Vopak's strategic focus is on four categories of terminals: Major hubs supporting intercontinental products flows, Terminals facilitating growth in global gas markets, Import distribution terminals in major markets with structural deficits, Industrial and chemicals terminals in the Americas, the Middle East and Asia.