Koole Terminals B.V. - which recently rebranded as Chane - is an independent storage, processing, and logistics operator handling liquid bulk products across the energy sector. Founded in 1943, the company runs 21 tank terminals spanning seven European countries (Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Belgium) with a combined storage capacity of 4.1 million cubic meters. The operational footprint covers petroleum products, chemicals, vegetable oils, oleochemicals, biofuels, and sustainable energy products - anything that moves in volume through industrial infrastructure.
The threat surface here is real and physical-adjacent: industrial control systems managing tank farms, blending operations, and logistics pipelines across multiple jurisdictions. A cybersecurity team at Chane isn't defending a SaaS stack - it's protecting operational technology that keeps volatile bulk products flowing safely across borders. The company employs roughly 1,000 professionals, and the stated values center on safety, reliability, and integrity, which in this context means uptime and incident prevention aren't aspirational - they're regulatory and existential.
With operations in seven countries handling energy transition products alongside traditional fuels, the attack surface includes SCADA environments, cross-border logistics coordination systems, and the increasingly connected interfaces between physical terminal operations and enterprise IT. If you're looking at OT security, ICS hardening, or securing critical infrastructure at industrial scale across Europe, this is the kind of environment where the stakes are measured in cubic meters and regulatory consequence.
