In 2002, the distribution of oil and natural gas related products was split off; a new company Univar was created for that purpose.

The European Commission ruled that the merger would give the combined company too much market power in storage services in the Antwerp-Rotterdam-Amsterdam (ARA)-area, on which made the offer to sell parts of their storage-tank capacity.

[2] Earlier that year Vopak had already sold its stake in the Gamatex terminal in Antwerp to the American partner GATX.

The numbers include income from joint-ventures[4] Together with Dutch company N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie Vopak is building the first LNG terminal in Rotterdam.

[10] December 2019; Vopak completed its divestment of the joint venture Yangpu oil terminal in Hainan, China.

[11] January 2020; Vopak completed its divestment of oil terminal in Algeciras to First State Investments.

[12] December 2020; Vopak and BlackRock's Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund (GEPIF) successfully acquired three industrial terminals from DOW on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

[13] February 2021; Vopak announced its investment in storage capacity for waste based feedstocks at the Port of Rotterdam for the production of biofuels.