March/April 2018
Equipment Leasing
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Trifl eet has ordered 20 40ft cryogenic tanks
with a volume of 46,000 litres
The new business will be headed by
Jaap Kuijpers Wentink
T
rifl eet Leasing is spending this year
building up a signifi cant cryogenic
container fl eet and offering a full range of
related services.
Twenty 40ft tanks with a volume of 46,000 litres
and designed to offer exceptional operational
capabilities have been ordered as a fi rst batch for
the planned 2018 investments.
The new business will be headed by Jaap
Kuijpers Wentink. Both Trifl eet and Kuijpers
Wentink have around 25 years of expertise each:
Trifl eet as a well-established tank container lessor,
and Kuijpers Wentink as an expert in the cryogenic
business.
With new cryogenic tank containers that focus
on LNG, Trifl eet says it is continuing its sustainable
business path and investing in the developing LNG
market.
The company will be the technical partner for a
customer’s cryogenic infrastructure, meaning that
the cryogenic business will not only offer state-of-
the-art tanks, but also related services, such as
cryogenic pumps, hoses, installation systems and
technical advice; all based on the existing
infrastructure, processes and expertise of the well-
established Trifl eet business.
“It is the stable foothold of Trifl eet combined
with Kuijpers Wentink’s expertise that provides the
new cryogenic business with the ability to
determine and develop superior designed tanks
with detailed technical specifi cations to enable
operational advantages for customers,” Trifl eet
said in a statement.
The design and manufacturing of the tank
containers have been commissioned to Cryovat in
the Netherlands and GasCon in South Africa. The
fi rst 40ft units for LNG will be available for leasing
within the fi rst quarter of this year. Trifl eet’s
technical team is trained to work with LNG tank
containers and will have the respective global
certifi cation by the time the fi rst tanks are leased
out.
“We are combining Trifl eet’s 25 years of expertise
in tank containers with Jaap Kuijpers Wentink’s 25
years of cryogenic experience,” explained Trifl eet
managing director Philip van Rooijen. “Our new
cryogenic business is off to a powerful start, with a
substantial number of superior tanks and deep
cryogenic insights, based on the well-established
and structured Trifl eet organisation.”
“Building up the cryogenic business at Trifl eet is
like moving forward with the energy and fl exibility
of a start-up that has the stability and
professionalism of an established market player.
This is the perfect match for bringing the best
cryogenic tanks and services to our LNG
customers,” adds Jaap Kuijpers Wentink, in his
post as director cryogenics of Trifl eet Leasing.
Prior to joining Trifl eet, Kuijpers Wentink was
managing director at the Crynorm Group, a
manufacturer of LNG integrated systems such as
tank systems, LNG/CNG truck fuelling stations,
LNG liquefaction plants, bunkering systems,
marine LNG fuel systems, and vaporisers; all of
which were cryogenic-related. Before that he
worked as managing director at tank lessor
Cryotainer. He started his career as manager
chemistry at Linde Gas, part of the Linde Group.
With this background, he brings a wealth of
experience in the cryogenic business as well as in
the cryogenic tank container and services business
to Trifl eet.
As an alternative fuel for oil-based products, LNG
is considered to be the most environmentally
friendly fuel. In the rapidly growing gas market,
there is an increasing need for transport storage
capacity in the form of intermodal tank containers.
And, as an alternative fuel for ships and trucks,
LNG is soaring in particular.
The supply of LNG requires fl exible storage,
which can be achieved by operational leasing.
What’s more, in view of the signifi cant investment
involved in LNG installations – of which stationary
tanks are responsible for the majority of this – the
need increases when it comes to turning capital
expenditure into operational expenditure by
leasing storage through intermodal tank
containers.