What We Handle
What keeps Europe running.
Before steel reaches a car or grain reaches the table, it moves as bulk. HES handles the iron ore, agribulk, minerals and fuels that keep industry running today while the same terminals convert for what comes next.
These volumes are at the core of what we do. The revenue they generate support our ambitions for CO₂ export, cleaner fuels and hydrogen carriers alongside our existing business.
The mix today
Four ways into what we handle.
Dry bulk
The materials behind steel, power, and food.
At the heart of Europe's leading port and industrial complex, we're constantly expanding our platform of best-in-class dry bulk terminals to maintain our position as market leader in large-scale, open-air storage. We're also investing significantly in covered storage capacity, to handle agricultural products, biomass and building materials.
What you’ll typically find
- Iron ore
- Coking coal
- Steam coal
- Agribulk
- Minerals
- Alumina
Liquid bulk
Fuels that move today, and the cleaner ones replacing them.
Gasoil, naphtha and fuel oil move alongside biofuels and renewable feedstocks. Conventional liquid bulk is the larger part of what moves through our tanks and jetties, while the same infrastructure is shifting toward biofuels and renewable liquids.
Customers rely on our flexible, safe infrastructure, right in the heart of Europe's leading port and industrial complex. We keep expanding our platform of best-in-class liquid bulk terminals, including some of the most advanced liquid bulk facilities in North West Europe.
What you’ll typically find
- CPP / gasoil
- Naphtha
- Fuel oil
- Biofuels
- SAF feedstocks
Break bulk
Fit-for-purpose handling for project cargo.
Steel coils, offshore wind components and other heavy project cargo require space and specialist equipment.
At several of Europe's major ports, we offer fit-for-purpose storage and handling for overweight and over-dimensional breakbulk cargo. It's an activity we're actively growing across our European network.
Logistic services
Logistics that extend your value chain.
Freight forwarding, shipping agencies and transportation services.
Moving cargo is only part of the picture. At several locations, we offer logistics services that let customers optimize their value chain further.
Sectors we serve
From the quay into real life.
Iron ore becomes steel. Bitumen becomes roads. Biomass becomes power. Fertiliser becomes food. Bulk is how it starts.
Chemicals & refining
Liquid bulk into industrial heartlands
Energy & power
Fuels and feedstocks that keep systems running while they decarbonize
Food & agri
Grain and agri-bulk into European supply chains
Steel & metals
Ore and coal that become infrastructure and vehicles
Aviation & marine
SAF / biofuel pathways as they scale
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More than load and discharge.
Across our network we handle the full chain: vessel operations, storage and blending, and onward distribution by barge, rail and road. What each terminal can do, from draft and tank types to washing and heating, differs by location. You'll find the specifics on each terminal page.
