Built on discipline. Trusted for decades.
Nord Terminals Kotka Oy is an independent operator of petroleum storage terminals, dedicated solely to the safe, precise handling of our customers' products.
An independent operator, by design
Nord Terminals Kotka Oy provides third-party storage and handling infrastructure for petroleum, biofuels and chemical products. We do not trade the commodities that move through our tanks, which means every operational decision is made in the sole interest of the customers who lease our capacity.
Headquartered in Kotka, Finland, the company today employs more than 640 people across six terminals on four continents, supported by shared engineering, quality assurance and digital operations standards.
Company History
A single berth on the Gulf of Finland
Nord Terminals Kotka Oy is founded with one jetty and 40,000 m³ of fuel-oil storage, serving regional distributors along Finland's south coast.
Expansion into refined products
New tankage and a dedicated blending facility allow the terminal to handle gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to international specification.
First international terminal — Rotterdam
Acquisition of a Europoort facility marks the company's entry into the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp trading hub.
Gulf Coast and Middle East entry
Terminals commissioned in Houston and Fujairah extend the network into two of the world's busiest bunkering and export markets.
Asia-Pacific network complete
Jurong and Zhoushan terminals open, connecting Nord Terminals Kotka Oy to Singapore and Chinese import demand.
Group-wide sustainability programme
A ten-year decarbonisation roadmap is adopted across all six terminals, covering electrification, vapour recovery and renewable power.
Our Mission
To provide the world's energy supply chains with independent, safe and precisely operated storage infrastructure — capacity our customers can plan around without compromise.
Our Vision
To be the terminal operator of choice for the energy transition — expanding low-carbon storage capability while sustaining the highest standards of conventional petroleum handling.
Core Values
Safety First
No commercial pressure ever outweighs a safety decision, at any terminal, at any time.
Integrity
We report what we measure — inventory, incidents and performance — without exception.
Reliability
Customers plan cargoes and contracts around our commitments; we treat that trust as infrastructure.
Respect
For our people, our neighbours, and the coastal and marine environments we operate within.
Authority sits with whoever is closest to the risk
Terminal managers and shift supervisors hold the authority to halt any operation they judge unsafe, without needing head-office approval. Leadership's role is to give them the training, procedures and equipment to make that call correctly — not to second-guess it afterward.
This principle extends into how we plan capital projects, set staffing levels and structure incident reviews: decisions are made as close to the operating deck as competence allows.
Operational Excellence
A single operating standard, applied consistently across every terminal in the network.
Standardised Procedures
Every terminal follows the same permit-to-work, tank-gauging and custody-transfer procedures, audited on a common schedule.
Digital Terminal Management
Tank inventory, scheduling and maintenance data flow through one integrated platform, visible to customers in real time.
Continuous Investment
A rolling capital programme keeps tanks, jetties and pipelines ahead of both regulation and customer demand.
Safety Culture
Safety at Nord Terminals Kotka Oy is not a department — it is the operating condition every other activity depends on. Every employee and contractor completes site-specific safety induction before setting foot on a terminal, and every shift opens with a toolbox talk.
Near-miss reporting is actively encouraged and reviewed weekly at terminal level, feeding a group-wide lessons-learned database shared across all six sites.