Transforming a truck loading terminal into a fully automated self-service depot.
Developing a customized Terminal Automation System (TAS) for the customer's Belgian depots. For the site in Zeeland (Netherlands), we are further expanding this system.
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Our international customer processes 7,000 kilotons of crude oil per year and produces a wide range of commercial petroleum products.
Challenge
The customer wants to transform a truck loading terminal in the Netherlands (Zeeland) into a fully automated self-service depot.
Expertise
We build, implement, and integrate a complete IT application that manages all data-related traffic and processes.
Key challenges.
Creating a Fully Automated Loading Terminal.
The customer wanted to transform its truck loading facility into a fully automated self-service depot while maintaining operational reliability and seamless integration with existing business systems.
✔ Increase operational efficiency
✔ Reduce manual intervention
✔ Integrate depot and refinery operations
✔ Ensure high system availability
✔ Improve customer service for drivers
✔ Maintain compliance and traceability
The Solution: An Integrated Smart Factory Approach
De Roeve delivered a fully integrated solution combining Industrial IT, Automation, and Electrical Engineering expertise.
Smart self-service loading
Automated truck loading processes allowing drivers to complete loading operations independently.
Tailor-made terminal automation system
Custom-developed TAS platform designed around the customer's operational requirements.
Seamless ERP Integration
Real-time communication between operational systems and enterprise business processes.
Automated Loading Authorization
Automatic validation of loading contracts directly from the ERP system.
Real-time data exchange
Semi-real-time transfer of weights, volumes, and transaction data.
Digital Ticketing & Compliance
Automated generation of loading documents and excise duty processing.
High-Availability Architecture
Fully redundant control systems ensuring maximum reliability and uptime.
Cost-Efficient Modernization
Replacement of control cabinets while reusing existing field wiring infrastructure.
Advanced Process Automation
Control of pumps, valves, and loading operations through integrated automation systems and SCADA.
Customer value
A Smart, Self-Running Depot
Through automation and self-service operations, the customer now uses its available loading capacity more efficiently, while manual administrative and operational tasks have been significantly reduced. Automated data exchange removes manual input and the errors that come with it, keeping the depot tightly connected to the rest of the customer's operations, from refinery to ERP.
A fully redundant, high-availability architecture keeps critical loading processes running without interruption, even as throughput grows. By reusing the existing field wiring, the customer modernised a critical facility at significantly lower cost than a full rebuild. The result is a scalable, future-proof platform: faster for drivers, lighter on staff and ready for further expansion and digitalisation.
Meet the expert.
Jurgen Podevijn
Team lead Automation