Oiltanking Germany: enport by MB Energy & 2026 Profile

Oiltanking Germany no longer trades under that name. The German domestic operations of the former Oiltanking Deutschland GmbH rebranded to enport by MB Energy in 2026, consolidating the business under the broader MB Energy brand of its parent company, Marquard & Bahls AG. The Hamburg-headquartered operator runs 11 tank terminals across Germany with a combined storage capacity of approximately 2.375 million cubic metres, making it one of the country’s largest independent providers of bulk liquid storage infrastructure for petroleum products, biofuels, and chemicals.

Oiltanking Germany: From Oiltanking Deutschland to enport

The rebranding of oiltanking germany to enport by MB Energy is part of a wider restructuring of what was once the Oiltanking group. In 2022, the international terminal operations outside Germany — previously operating as Oiltanking across 23 countries — were spun off and rebranded as Advario, a separate business now headquartered in Rotterdam that operates 13 terminals globally focused on chemicals, gases, fuels, and low-carbon energy products. The German domestic network took a different path, remaining within the Marquard & Bahls group structure and rebranding independently as enport.

Marquard & Bahls AG, a privately held Hamburg conglomerate, founded Oiltanking in 1972 by bundling terminals previously owned by its Mabanaft trading division. The original German portfolio — Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Frankfurt — formed the nucleus of what became a global terminal network that at its peak operated more than 70 terminals across 23 countries with over 20 million cubic metres of total capacity. The German entity, restructured as Oiltanking Deutschland GmbH in 1993–94, remained the group’s domestic anchor throughout that expansion.

For the full history and global context of the parent group, the Oiltanking and Marquard & Bahls profile covers the international network in detail.

Oiltanking Germany Terminal Network: 11 Sites Across Key Corridors

The enport / oiltanking germany network is built around Germany’s main fuel distribution and industrial logistics corridors. The 11 active terminals span the following locations:

• Hamburg — two terminals: Hamburg-Blumensand and Hamburg-Waltershof, on the Elbe. Hamburg-Blumensand was acquired from VTG-Paktank in 1997, establishing Oiltanking as Germany’s market leader in commercial terminal logistics at the time.
• Duisburg — Rhine corridor hub serving the industrial Ruhr region
• Karlsruhe — upper Rhine, one of the original terminals dating to the company’s 1972 founding
• Frankfurt — central Germany distribution node, also in the original 1972 portfolio
• Bendorf — Rhine, mid-Germany
• Hamm — North Rhine-Westphalia logistics corridor
• Berlin — eastern Germany supply hub
• Honau — southern Germany
• Gera — Thuringia; opened in 1991 as the company’s first producer-independent terminal in the former East Germany
• Hanau — Rhine-Main chemical and industrial cluster

Combined capacity across the oiltanking germany network is approximately 2.375 million cubic metres. Products stored include petroleum products, mineral oil, biofuels, and chemicals. The network’s geographic spread — from the North Sea port at Hamburg through the Rhine corridor to Berlin and the former East German industrial centres — reflects both the company’s historical expansion strategy and the structural shape of Germany’s domestic fuel distribution market.

Oiltanking Germany: Energy Transition Strategy

Under the enport by MB Energy brand, the German network has been repositioning toward future energy infrastructure alongside its legacy petroleum storage business. Key development areas include LNG, hydrogen readiness, and sustainable ammonia import capacity in northern Germany.

Marquard & Bahls was among the founding partners of German LNG Terminal GmbH, a joint venture established in 2018 with Gasunie LNG Holding and Vopak LNG Holding to develop an LNG import terminal at Brunsbüttel on the North Sea coast. The project has explored hydrogen co-location opportunities with RWE, positioning it as a potential dual-purpose LNG and hydrogen import hub as Germany works to replace Russian pipeline gas volumes. Brunsbüttel is one of several northern German LNG import projects that accelerated following the 2022 energy supply crisis.

The energy transition pivot at the German terminal level mirrors a broader shift visible across European bulk liquid storage. Germany’s phase-out of coal, its dependence on LNG imports to replace Russian gas, and industrial demand for green ammonia and hydrogen feedstocks are creating new storage requirements that established terminal networks — with their existing jetty infrastructure, rail connections, and regulatory permits — are well positioned to serve. The tank storage Germany market overview covers the regulatory and capacity context for the broader German terminal sector in 2026.

Oiltanking Germany in the European Market

The enport network’s position within the European bulk liquid terminal landscape reflects the Rhine-corridor and northern European port geography that shapes intra-European product flows. Hamburg remains the critical node — Germany’s largest port and the primary entry point for petroleum product imports into northern and central Europe. The Hamburg terminals’ Elbe River access connects directly to barge distribution inland, while rail connections serve the broader national network.

The split between the German domestic business (enport) and the former international Oiltanking operations (now Advario) means the two entities compete in some European markets while the German network retains exclusive focus on domestic infrastructure. Advario, operating from Rotterdam with terminals across Europe and beyond, targets the chemical and new energy storage segment with a different strategic emphasis from the fuel-and-petroleum core of the enport portfolio.

For the capacity rankings context, the top 10 tank terminals Europe article covers the major operators by storage volume across the continent, including the relative scale of the Hamburg-based network within that competitive set.

Oiltanking Germany: Company Snapshot