Company Overview
Serving the storage needs of the Southeast since 1934, Colonial operates some of the largest liquid and dry bulk storage facilities in the region. The reason for their success is twofold. First, the locations are ideal - Savannah, Georgia, and Wilmington, North Carolina, are two of the South Atlantic's busiest ports, with excellent transportation channels for domestic and international markets. Second, the employees are seasoned professionals who have handled the transportation and storage of products from petroleum and liquid chemicals to kaolin clays, mulcoa, fertilizers, and other dry bulk commodities.

Colonial Terminals is a member of the Colonial Group. The companies of the Colonial Group provide a wide array of petroleum and chemical products, with business interests in gasoline and diesel fuels, lubricating oils, natural gas, ship bunkers, and chemicals. To learn more about the Colonial Group, visit www.colonialgroupinc.com.

Business Challenge
The Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) department of Colonial Terminals was tasked with maintaining a compliant relationship with the State of Georgia for the Environmental Protection Agency's Title V Pollution Control regulations. This regulation requires that Colonial keep records of all materials stored in each of eighty tanks within four tank fields and two locations. Tank Maintenance records are also required. All tank maintenance and storage records were being kept manually in a ledger book or in an Excel spreadsheet. Several departments contributed to the final Title V report.

Solution
Utilizing the Microsoft Solutions Framework methodology, PST's Business Solution Group analyzed the business challenge as it was presented by the Colonial Terminals staff. After interviews, documentation review and staff observation, PST designed a Microsoft Access based solution that keeps tracks of tank design, tank maintenance, the products and their characteristics stored in these tanks and also the customers who are using the tanks to store their products. With this information, Colonial Terminals can easily report inspection, maintenance and storage history as needed to document their Title V compliance.

Benefits

• All maintenance and storage history is located in the central database.
• Title V compliance reporting is simple.
• Historical data on tanks, customers, and products is easily retrievable.