VOTOB, Vereniging van Nederlandse Tankopslagbedrijven

What VOTOB, Vereniging van Nederlandse Tankopslagbedrijven does

VOTOB (Vereniging van Nederlandse Tankopslagbedrijven — Dutch Association of Tank Storage Companies) is a non-profit industry association founded in 1980 and headquartered in the Malietoren building in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the only Dutch trade association exclusively representing operators of bulk liquid storage terminals — crude oil, gasoil, gasoline, chemicals, and edible oils and fats. VOTOB represents 20 member terminals that together operate approximately 30 million cubic meters of storage capacity, which constitutes Europe's largest national tank storage cluster and roughly half of global biofuel throughput.

Name

VOTOB, Vereniging van Nederlandse Tankopslagbedrijven

Legal name

Vereniging van Nederlandse Tankopslagbedrijven

Website

https://votob.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

VOTOB is the Dutch industry association representing 20 tank storage terminal operators with combined 30 million m³ capacity, providing advocacy, model documents, safety indicators, and information portals to its members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industry Trade Association Services

NAICS

Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals (424710)

SIC

Public Warehousing & Storage (4220)

akta.pro primary industry

Port Operations Control Center / Port Call Orchestration (TLAHAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Contract Administration Support (PO/Contract Compliance) (BPAAAJAE)

Keywords

• Tank storage association
• Industry advocacy services
• Bulk liquid storage
• Safety compliance consulting
• Energy transition research

Headquarters

HQ city

Den Haag (The Hague)

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

VOTOB is a Dutch industry trade association representing 20 member tank storage terminals with combined capacity of 30 million cubic meters. It provides members with an information portal, model documents, safety performance indicators, and standardized general terms and conditions, while acting as the collective voice for the Dutch tank storage sector in regulatory and policy matters.

Product overview

VOTOB (Vereniging van Nederlandse Tankopslagbedrijven) is a Dutch industry association for tank storage companies, not a product company. It does not develop or sell software products. VOTOB provides its members with an Information Portal (Informatieportaal) containing facts, figures, tools, guidelines, and downloadable documents. Key service offerings include the Ammonia Information Portal (focusing on ammonia as an energy carrier), the ZZS (Zeer Zorgwekkende Stoffen) portal on hazardous substances, Safety Performance Indicators reporting, Model Documents and Guidelines (including general terms and conditions), and the Storage Spoofing Prevention Platform (a collaborative fraud-prevention website with partners). These are membership services, not commercial software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VOTOB Informatieportaal (Information Portal) Member knowledge hub providing curated information, news, model documents, and guidelines for Dutch tank storage operators.
• Model Documents and Guidelines Standardized model documents and industry guidelines made available to member tank storage terminals to support consistent operational and contractual practices.
• Algemene Voorwaarden VOTOB (General Terms and Conditions) Industry-standard general terms and conditions issued by VOTOB for use by member tank storage operators in commercial agreements.
• Veiligheidsprestatie-indicatoren (Safety Performance Indicators) Safety performance indicator framework provided to members to support benchmarking and improvement of safety outcomes across tank storage operations.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Havenbedrijf Rotterdam (Port of Rotterdam Authority)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormal cooperation agreement signed at the World Port Center for the continuation and expansion of a working group to combat storage spoofing fraud. Both parties provide a signal to international fraudsters targeting Rotterdam and other seaports. The partnership includes prevention of fraud, taking fraudulent websites offline, and protecting traders and tank storage companies.
• TCT (The Commodity Traders)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the storage spoofing working group, supporting due diligence to investigate the reliability of offered deals and documents, and determining which websites belong on the blacklist.
• Zeehavenpolitie (Port Police)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating in the storage spoofing working group with Havenbedrijf Rotterdam and VOTOB to combat fraud against tank storage companies.
• FERM (Port Cyber Resilience Program)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlatform for cyber resilience in the Rotterdam port, which is being scaled up nationally due to success. VOTOB participates and various members are also affiliated. FERM stimulates cooperation between companies in the Rotterdam port and increases awareness of cyber risks.
• FETSA (Federation of European Tank Storage Associations)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVOTOB is an active member of FETSA, which represents European national tank storage associations and independent private storage companies operating in bulk liquid storage. VOTOB participates in European-level initiatives including studies on energy transition consequences.
• VNO-NCWcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVNO-NCW is the Dutch employers' organization. VOTOB collaborates with VNO-NCW on hydrogen accelerator events, policy discussions, and broader industry initiatives. VOTOB is housed in the VNO-NCW headquarters building.
• HCSS (The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic studies partner that has conducted multiple studies for VOTOB on energy transition, geopolitical shifts, energy infrastructure, and long-term trends. Collaborated on hydrogen serious games and workshops.
• Bureau TAUWmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIndependent research bureau commissioned by VOTOB to conduct studies on Very Concerning Substances (ZZS) in petroleum products, emissions from tank storage companies, and to develop the Model VRP (Avoidance and Reduction Plan) for tank storage companies.
• Antea GroupminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConducted independent research on safety in the ammonia chain for transport and storage, providing insights into safety standards and guidance for training and education.
• SIDN (Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 2020, SIDN supports the storage spoofing working group in taking fraudulent .NL domain websites offline.
• VNCI (Vereniging van de Nederlandse Chemische Industrie)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVOTOB participates in the VNCI Security Working Group on cybersecurity matters.
• ORAM and DeltalinqsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPort industry organizations with which VOTOB maintains close contacts on harbor-related issues including infrastructure development and security.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• VNO-NCW: Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers, physically co-located with VOTOB at the Malietoren in The Hague. VNO-NCW is a broad incumbent that provides VOTOB with policy reach across the entire Dutch private sector on hydrogen, energy, and employment topics.
• Cefic (European Chemical Industry Council): European-level chemical industry association. Cefic operates one layer above VNCI and VOTOB in representing the chemical-storage ecosystem at the EU level, including on REACH/ZZS-equivalent regulatory matters.

Direct peers

• ORAM: Rotterdam-based port-related industry organization with which VOTOB maintains close contacts on harbor-related infrastructure and security. ORAM serves an adjacent port-industry constituency in the same Dutch geography.
• Deltalinqs: Cluster organization for companies in the Rotterdam port and petrochemical complex. Deltalinqs represents overlapping industrial-logistics members and shares VOTOB's mandate on port infrastructure, security, and policy advocacy in the same geographic footprint.
• VNCI (Vereniging van de Nederlandse Chemische Industrie): Dutch chemical industry association that VOTOB partners with on cybersecurity (VNCI Security Working Group). VNCI represents a closely adjacent constituency (petrochemical operators in the Netherlands) with overlapping regulatory and energy-transition concerns.
• FETSA (Federation of European Tank Storage Associations): European federation of national tank storage associations in which VOTOB is an active member. FETSA represents the same underlying constituency as VOTOB but at the EU level, conducting energy-transition studies and shaping Brussels policy for the tank storage sector.

Regional players

• VCI (Verband der Chemischen Industrie): German chemical industry association. VCI is the closest non-Dutch national counterpart to VNCI and is relevant to VOTOB because members operate in the integrated Northwest European petrochemical cluster that spans the Dutch-German border.
• UKPIA (UK Petroleum Industry Association): UK trade association for the petroleum downstream sector. UKPIA plays a comparable trade-association role for downstream oil storage and refining in the UK, with overlapping energy-transition, fuels-quality, and regulatory concerns.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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