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AS DBT history

1997-2001

  • June 10, 1997 – AS DBT was officially founded.
  • February 17, 1998 – The setting of the cornerstone of the DBT Terminal at Muuga Harbor.
  • December 20, 1998 – The first phase of the DBT Terminal construction in Muuga Harbor is handed over for operation. Loading of the first vessel.

The first phase of the DBT Terminal construction included the building of a closed tent warehouse with a capacity of 70,000 tonnes of bulk goods, as well as the completion of the first railway station for unloading special hopper freight wagons and a ship transshipment crane.

  • March 15, 2000 – The first million tons of bulk goods were reloaded.
  • October 15, 2001 – The second phase of the DBT Terminal constructions in Muuga Harbor was ceremoniously handed over for operation.

Four dome-warehouses were completed with a capacity of up to 17,500 tons of bulk goods each (depending on different types of goods). Also a second railway station for the unloading of special freight wagons was completed and a second transshipment crane was installed.

2006

  • June 1, 2006 – Company AS BCT was officially founded.
  • October 20, 2006 – construction of BCT Terminal in Sillamäe port started.

 The President of the Republic of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, as well as the members of the Management board of AS BCT and shareholders of the company (including representatives of ACRON) took part in the set of cornerstones of the construction of second of Sillamäe Harbor quay and the infrastructure of the BCT Terminal.

2008-2009

  • February 6, 2008 – AS BCT received official permission to operate in the Customs Free Zone of the Sillamäe Harbor.
  • March 17, 2008 – The first vessel was loaded with liquid complex fertilizer UAN at the BCT Terminal.
  • September 25, 2009 – The BCT Terminal received an official license for the operation of the LNG facility and handling of the respective goods.
  • December 10, 2009 – The first vessel was loaded with  liquefied ammonia at the BCT Terminal.

2013

  • September 9, 2013 – The DBT-V construction project was completed at the DBT Terminal in Muuga Harbor and 3 new dome-type warehouses with a total capacity of up to 27,000 tons of bulk goods were commissioned.
  • September 29, 2013 – The first goods arrived at new warehouses of the DBT Terminal.

This meant that the number of dome-type warehouses (capacity from 8,500 to 26,000 tons of bulk) in the DBT Terminal rose to 8 and the total capacity of the closed warehouse increased to 192,000 tons.

This kind of warehouse complex allowed different types of goods to be stored separately from each other, thus ensuring a high preservation of the characteristics and functions of each commodity category. This allowed to significantly increase the quality of the services provided.

2016

  • March 1, 2016 – the official merger of AS DBT and AS BCT under the joint name of AS DBT took place.

 The merging company in this process was AS DBT, which became the legal successor to AS BCT on all rights and obligations.

 Today, AS DBT has 2 terminals: DBT Terminal in Muuga Harbor for the transshipment of bulk commodities and BCT Terminal in Sillamäe Harbor for the transshipment of liquid chemical cargo (liquefied ammonia and UAN).