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Division 02

Every link contracted, and named

Storage, marine and road movement arranged through qualified third parties, coordinated by DABA rather than handed to the buyer.

Infrastructure & Logistics

In practice

Most supply failures are logistics failures. A cargo arrives with nowhere to discharge, a depot runs dry because trucks were not scheduled, or product is lost between custody points and nobody can say where.

DABA does not own terminals, vessels or trucks. Storage capacity is arranged through qualified third-party terminals where the transaction requires it, marine movement through vessel owners and charterers, and road movement through vetted haulage providers.

What DABA does own is the coordination, and the answer to who holds each link. A seller who will not name the terminal your product is sitting in is asking you to take a risk they have not described.

  • Tank farms
  • Depots
  • Marine
  • Haulage
  • Custody transfer

Capabilities

What this division actually does

Tank farm operations

Receipt, storage, blending and throughput of white and black products under metered custody transfer.

  • Automated tank gauging and reconciliation
  • Blending and additisation to specification
  • Third-party storage and throughput agreements

Depot management

Loading gantries, truck scheduling and stock control run to a discipline that keeps marketers supplied through demand spikes.

  • Gantry loading and ticketing
  • Live stock positions and reorder triggers
  • Bridging and inter-depot transfers

Marine & petroleum logistics

Vessel chartering, jetty operations, ship-to-ship transfer, lightering and inland barging along the coast and creeks.

  • Chartering and voyage management
  • STS transfer and lightering
  • Jetty scheduling and berth management

Road haulage & distribution

Contracted haulage with tracked movements, driver standards and delivery confirmation taken at the receiving meter.

  • GPS-tracked movements end to end
  • Driver vetting and fatigue management
  • Proof of delivery against receiving meter

How we work

The sequence

Four steps, run in this order on every engagement. Skipping the first is how the last one goes wrong.

  1. Survey the flow

    We map where product actually moves, where it waits and where it disappears, before proposing capacity or a route.

  2. Match capacity to demand

    Storage, berth slots and trucks are committed against a forecast, not against a hope that the last quarter repeats.

  3. Meter every transfer

    Custody transfer is metered and witnessed at each hand-off, so losses have an owner and a number attached to them.

  4. Report against plan

    Throughput, losses, turnaround and demurrage reported monthly, including the months where the numbers are not flattering.

At a glance

Scope and terms

  1. StorageQualified third-party terminals
  2. ModesVessel, barge, road, pipeline connection
  3. CustodyMetered transfer, independently witnessed
  4. CoverageNigeria and West African corridors

Related work

From this division

All capabilities
Storage

Storage through terminal partners

Capacity arranged with qualified third-party terminals where a transaction requires it, with the terminal named before you commit.

Logistics

Marine and road movement

Vessels chartered through qualified owners and charterers, road movement through vetted haulage providers, coordinated as one chain rather than handed over in pieces.

Verification

Inspection and custody transfer

Independent inspection by an internationally recognised company agreed between the parties, with custody documented at every hand-off.

Elsewhere in the group

The other three divisions

01

Trading & Supply

Downstream petroleum products sourced and supplied through qualified suppliers, with current commercial focus on AGO and EN590.

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03

Power & Renewables

Generation, solar, battery storage and EV charging. This division is launching soon and is not yet taking work.

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04

Engineering & EPC

Full-scope EPC for energy infrastructure, with structured project and trade finance where capital is the constraint.

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