TransMontaigne Partners L.P.
Annual Report 2011

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Use these links to rapidly review the documentTABLE OF CONTENTSUNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549FORM 10-KCommission File Number 001-32505TRANSMONTAIGNE PARTNERS L.P.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)Delaware(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization) 34-2037221(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)Suite 3100, 1670 BroadwayDenver, Colorado 80202(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)(303) 626-8200(Telephone number, including area code)Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on WhichRegistered Common Limited Partner Units New York Stock ExchangeSecurities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:NONE(Mark One)  Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011ORo Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934For the transition period to  Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.Yes o No  Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to suchfiling requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  No o Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data Filerequired to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for suchshorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No  Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained,to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or anyamendment to this Form 10-K. o Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reportingcompany. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)Yes o No  The aggregate market value of common limited partner units held by non-affiliates of the registrant on June 30, 2011 was $387,323,686,computed by reference to the last sale price ($34.91 per common unit) of the registrant's common limited partner units on the New York StockExchange on June 30, 2011. The number of the registrant's common limited partner units outstanding on March 12, 2012 was 14,457,066.DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCENone. Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer  Non-accelerated filer o(Do not check if asmaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company oTable of ContentsEXPLANATORY NOTE As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 21, 2011, as amended by our Current Report onForm 8-K/A, filed with the SEC on January 13, 2012, the audit committee of our general partner dismissed KPMG LLP, from its engagement as theprincipal accountant to audit the financial statements of TransMontaigne Partners L.P. on December 15, 2011. The dismissal of KPMG resulted fromthe determination that KPMG was not "independent" of TransMontaigne Partners within the meaning of the rules of applicable regulatory agencies, anddid not qualify as independent at the time of our audits for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, and prior periods. Although KPMG was notindependent with respect to TransMontaigne Partners, the audit committee and management of our general partner believe that the financial statementscontained in those filings fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of TransMontaigne Partners as of theend of and for the periods presented and may continue to be relied upon. In conjunction with our investigation of this matter and our discussions withKPMG, Deloitte & Touche LLP and the SEC, it was determined that our investors will receive a meaningful benefit from the reassurance that will beprovided by having our financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 re-audited, and by having the quarterlyfinancial information that will be contained in TransMontaigne Partners' 2011 Annual Report re-reviewed, by Deloitte & Touche LLP, TransMontaignePartners' new independent registered public accounting firm. We are working with Deloitte & Touche LLP to complete these audits and reviews as quickly as reasonably practicable, but they could not becompleted prior to March 15, 2012, the date by which the 2011 Annual Report is due to be filed with the SEC in accordance with applicable SEC rules.Upon completion of these audits and reviews, we will amend this Annual Report on Form 10-K to include our audited financial statements and relatedinformation which have been omitted from the present filing. Accordingly, "Item 6. Selected Financial Data," "Item 7. Management's Discussion andAnalysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," "Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks," "Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data," "Item 9A. Controls and Procedures," "Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services,""Exhibit 23.1" and complete certifications on "Exhibit 31.1," "Exhibit 31.2," "Exhibit 32.1" and "Exhibit 32.2" will be included in the amendment to thisAnnual Report on Form 10-K, to be filed as soon as practicable.1Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS 2Item Page No.Part I1 and 2. Business and Properties 61A. Risk Factors 301B. Unresolved Staff Comments 493. Legal Proceedings 494. Mine Safety Disclosures 49Part II5. Market for the Registrant's Common Units, Related Unitholder Matters and Issuer Purchases ofEquity Securities 509. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 539B. Other Information 53Part III10. Directors, Executive Officers of Our General Partner and Corporate Governance 5311. Executive Compensation 6012. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Unitholder Matters 6513. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 69Part IV15. Exhibits 73Table of Contents Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to such reports, will beavailable free of charge on our website at www.transmontaignepartners.com under the heading "Unitholder Information," "SEC Filings" as soon asreasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission. A copy of this annualreport on Form 10-K (without exhibits) will be furnished without charge to any unitholder who sends a written request to our offices, addressed asfollows: TransMontaigne Partners L.P., Attention: Investor Relations, 1670 Broadway, Suite 3100, Denver, Colorado 80202.CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This annual report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, including the following:•any statements contained in this annual report regarding the prospects for our business or any of our services or our ability to paydistributions; •any statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words "may," "seeks," "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends,""continues," "estimates," "plans," "targets," "predicts," "attempts," "is scheduled," or similar expressions; and •other statements contained in this annual report regarding matters that are not historical facts. Our business and results of operations are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our ability to control or predict. Because ofthese risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements, and investors arecautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements, which speak only as of the date thereof. Important factors, many of which are described in more detail in "Item 1A. Risk Factors" of this annual report, that could cause actual results todiffer materially from our expectations include, but are not limited to:•a reduction in revenue from any of our significant customers upon which we rely for a substantial majority of our revenue; •our ability to generate sufficient cash from operations to enable us to maintain or grow the amount of the quarterly distribution to ourunitholders; •failure by any of our significant customers to continue to engage us to provide services after the expiration of existing terminalingservices agreements, or our failure to secure comparable alternative arrangements; •a lack of access to new capital would impair our ability to expand our operations; •the impact of Morgan Stanley's status as a bank holding company on its ability to conduct certain nonbanking activities or retain certaininvestments, including control of our general partner; •our ability to grow our business will be severely constrained by Morgan Stanley's determination that it will not approve any "significant"acquisition or investment that we may propose for the foreseeable future; •changes that Morgan Stanley may make in the manner it conducts its commodities business could materially and adversely affect ourbusiness; •our debt levels and restrictions in our debt agreements that may limit our operational flexibility;3Table of Contents•the lack of availability of acquisition opportunities, constraints on our ability to make acquisitions, failure to successfully integrateacquired facilities and future performance of acquired facilities, could limit our ability to grow our business successfully and couldadversely affect the price of our limited partnership units; •a decrease in demand for products due to high prices, alternative fuel sources, new technologies or adverse economic conditions; •the continued creditworthiness of, and performance by, our significant customers; •competition from other terminals and pipelines that may be able to supply our significant customers with terminaling services on a morecompetitive basis; •the ability of our significant customers to secure financing arrangements adequate to purchase their desired volume of product; •the impact on our facilities or operations of extreme weather conditions, such as hurricanes, and other events, such as terrorist attacks orwar and costs associated with environmental compliance and remediation; •we may have to refinance our existing debt in unfavorable market conditions; •the failure of our existing and future insurance policies to fully cover all risks incident to our business; •timing, cost and other economic uncertainties related to the construction of new tank capacity or facilities; •the impact of current and future laws and governmental regulations, general economic, market or business conditions; •the age and condition of many of our pipeline and storage assets may result in increased maintenance and remediation expenditures; •conflicts of interest and the limited fiduciary duties of our general partner, which is indirectly controlled by Morgan Stanley CapitalGroup; •cost reimbursements, which are determined by our general partner, and fees paid to our general partner and its affiliates for services willcontinue to be substantial; •the control of our general partner being transferred to a third party without unitholder consent; •our general partner's limited call right may require unitholders to sell their common units at an undesirable time or price; •our ability to issue additional units without your approval would dilute your existing ownership interest; •the possibility that our unitholders could be held liable under some circumstances for our obligations to the same extent as a generalpartner; •our failure to avoid federal income taxation as a corporation or the imposition of state level taxation; •constraints on our ability to make acquisitions and investments to increase our capital asset base may result in future declines in our taxdepreciation; •the impact of new IRS regulations or a challenge of our current allocation of income, gain, loss and deductions among our unitholders;4Table of Contents•unitholders will be required to pay taxes on their respective share of our taxable income regardless of the amount of cash distributions; •investment in common partnership units by tax-exempt entities and non-United States persons raises tax issues unique to them; •unitholders will likely be subject to state and local taxes and return filing requirements in states where they do not live as a result ofinvesting in our units; and •the sale or exchange of 50% or more of our capital and profits interests within a 12-month period would result in a deemed terminationof our partnership for income tax purposes. We do not intend to update these forward-looking statements except as required by law.5Table of ContentsPart I ITEMS 1 AND 2. BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES TransMontaigne Partners L.P. is a publicly traded Delaware limited partnership formed in February 2005 by TransMontaigne Inc. Wecommenced operations upon the closing of our initial public offering on May 27, 2005. Effective December 31, 2005, we changed our year end forfinancial and tax reporting purposes from June 30 to December 31. Effective September 1, 2006, Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc., which we referto as Morgan Stanley Capital Group, purchased all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of TransMontaigne Inc. and, as a result, MorganStanley, the parent company of Morgan Stanley Capital Group, became the indirect owner of our general partner. Our common units are traded onthe New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TLP." Our principal executive offices are located at 1670 Broadway, Suite 3100, Denver, Colorado80202; our telephone number is (303) 626-8200. Unless the context requires otherwise, references to "we," "us," "our," "TransMontaigne Partners,""Partners" or the "partnership" are intended to mean TransMontaigne Partners L.P. and our wholly owned and controlled operating subsidiaries.References to TransMontaigne Inc. are intended to mean TransMontaigne Inc. and its subsidiaries other than TransMontaigne GP L.L.C., ourgeneral partner, and TransMontaigne Partners and its subsidiaries. Unless otherwise indicated in this annual report, references to common unitsowned by Morgan Stanley or its percentage ownership interest in us do not include common units that may be held in client or customer accountscontrolled by affiliates of Morgan Stanley, which Morgan Stanley may be deemed to beneficially own under the federal securities laws.OVERVIEW We are a terminaling and transportation company with operations primarily in the United States along the Gulf Coast, in the Midwest, inBrownsville, Texas, along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, and in the Southeast. We provide integrated terminaling, storage, transportation and relatedservices for customers engaged in the distribution and marketing of light refined petroleum products, heavy refined petroleum products, crude oil,chemicals, fertilizers and other liquid products. Light refined products include gasolines, diesel fuels, heating oil and jet fuels. Heavy refined productsinclude residual fuel oils and asphalt. We do not purchase or market products that we handle or transport. Therefore, we do not have material directexposure to changes in commodity prices, except for the value of refined product gains and losses arising from terminaling services agreements withcertain customers. TransMontaigne Partners has no officers or employees and all of our management and operational activities are provided by officers andemployees of TransMontaigne Services Inc. TransMontaigne Services Inc. is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of TransMontaigne Inc.TransMontaigne Inc. is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. We are controlled by our general partner, TransMontaigne GP L.L.C.,which is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of TransMontaigne Inc. TransMontaigne GP L.L.C. is a holding company with no independent assets oroperations other than its general partner interest in TransMontaigne Partners L.P. TransMontaigne GP L.L.C. is dependent6Table of Contentsupon the cash distributions it receives from TransMontaigne Partners L.P. to service any obligations it may incur. The following diagram depicts ourcurrent organization and structure: TransMontaigne Inc. is a leading distributor of unbranded refined petroleum products to independent wholesalers and industrial and commercialend users, delivering approximately 0.3 million barrels per day throughout the United States, primarily in the Gulf Coast, Northeast, Southeast andMidwest regions. TransMontaigne Inc. currently relies on us to provide integrated terminaling services to support its operations in these geographicregions. Morgan Stanley is a leading global trading company with extensive trading activities focused on the energy markets, including crude oil andrefined petroleum products. Morgan Stanley Capital Group is the principal commodities trading arm of Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley CapitalGroup's trading and risk management activities cover a broad spectrum of the energy industry with extensive resources dedicated to refined productsupply and transportation. Morgan Stanley Capital Group engages in7Table of Contentstrading physical commodities, like the refined petroleum products that we handle in our terminals, and exchange or over-the-counter commoditiesderivative instruments. Morgan Stanley Capital Group has access to substantial strategic long-term storage capacity located on all three coasts of theUnited States, in Northwest Europe and Asia. Our existing facilities are located in five geographic regions, which we refer to as our Gulf Coast, Midwest, Brownsville, River and Southeastfacilities.•Gulf Coast. Our Gulf Coast facilities consist of eight refined product terminals, which are all located in Florida. These facilitiescurrently have approximately 6.9 million barrels of aggregate active storage capacity. •Midwest. Our Midwest facilities consist of a 67-mile, interstate refined products pipeline between Missouri and Arkansas, which werefer to as the Razorback pipeline, and three refined product terminals with approximately 0.6 million barrels of aggregate active storagecapacity. In addition, we entered into agreements for the construction and operation of approximately 1.0 million barrels of crude oilstorage in Cushing, Oklahoma, with completion planned for the second quarter of 2012. •Brownsville. Effective as of April 1, 2011, we entered into a joint venture with P.M.I. Services North America Inc., or PMI, an indirectsubsidiary of Petroleos Mexicanos or PEMEX, the Mexican state-owned petroleum company, at our Brownsville, Texas terminal. Wecontributed approximately 1.5 million barrels of light petroleum product storage capacity, as well as related ancillary facilities, to the jointventure, also known as Frontera, in exchange for a cash payment of approximately $25.6 million and a 50% ownership interest. Weoperate the Frontera assets under an operations and reimbursement agreement between us and Frontera. We continue to own and operateapproximately 0.9 million barrels of additional tankage in Brownsville independent of Frontera, which includes a liquefied petroleumgas, or LPG, terminaling facility with aggregate active storage capacity of approximately 33,000 barrels. We operate a bi-directionalrefined products pipeline for PMI for deliveries to and from Brownsville and Reynosa and Cadereyta, Mexico. We also own and operatean LPG pipeline from our Brownsville facilities to our terminal in Matamoros, Mexico which we refer to as the Diamondback pipeline.Our Matamoros terminal has approximately 7,000 barrels of aggregate active LPG storage capacity. •River. Our River facilities are composed of 12 refined product terminals located along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers withapproximately 2.3 million barrels of aggregate active storage capacity. Our River facilities also include a dock facility located in BatonRouge, Louisiana that is connected to the Colonial pipeline. •Southeast. Our Southeast facilities consist of 22 refined petroleum products terminals located along the Colonial and Plantationpipelines in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia with an aggregate active storage capacity ofapproximately 9.8 million barrels. The volume of product that is handled, transported, throughput or stored in our terminals and pipelines is directly affected by the level of supplyand demand in the wholesale markets served by our terminals and pipelines. Overall supply of refined products in the wholesale markets is influencedby the products' absolute prices, the availability of capacity on delivering pipelines and vessels, fluctuating refinery margins and the markets' perceptionof future product prices. The demand for gasoline typically peaks during the summer driving season, which extends from April to September, anddeclines during the fall and winter months. The demand for marine fuels typically peaks in the winter months due to the increase in the number of cruiseships originating from Florida ports. Despite these8Table of Contentsseasonalities, the overall impact on the volume of product throughput at our terminals and pipelines is not material.Industry Overview Refined product terminaling and transportation companies, such as TransMontaigne Partners, receive, store, blend, treat and distribute foreign anddomestic cargoes to and from oil refineries, wholesalers, retailers and ultimate end-users around the country. The substantial majority of the petroleumrefining that occurs in the United States is concentrated in the Gulf Coast region, which necessitates the transportation of this domestic product to otherareas, such as the East Coast, Florida, Southeast and Midwest regions of the country. Recently, an increased amount of domestic crude oil is beingextracted throughout unconventional shale formations (i.e. Bakken, Eagle Ford, Utica, etc.). These shale formations are generally located in areas thatare highly constrained in storage transportation infrastructure; thereby offering the prospect of new growth and development for terminaling andtransportation companies such as TransMontaigne Partners. Refining. The storage and handling services of feedstocks or crude oil used in the refining process are generally handled by terminaling andtransportation companies such as TransMontaigne Partners. United States based refineries refine multiple grades of feedstock or crude oil into variouslight refined products and heavy refined products. Light refined products include gasoline and diesel fuel, as well as propane, butane, heating oils and jetfuels. Heavy refined products include residual fuel oils for consumption in ships and power plants and asphalt. Refined products of specific grade andcharacteristics are substantially identical in composition from one refinery to another and are referred to as being "fungible." The refined products areinitially staged at the refinery, and then shipped out either in large "batches" via pipeline or vessel or by individual truck-loads. The refineries owned bymajor oil companies then schedule for delivery some of their refined product output to satisfy their own retail delivery obligations, for example, atbranded gasoline stations, and sell the remainder of their refined product output to independent marketing and distribution companies or traders, such asTransMontaigne Inc. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group, for resale. Because of the recent developments around the closing of several East Coast area refineries, the East Coast markets will depend more heavily onGulf Coast and Midwest produced refined product. Thus, the storage and transportation services offered by companies such as ours will becomeincreasingly more important to assure continuous and efficient product movements. Transportation. Before an independent distribution and marketing company, such as TransMontaigne Inc. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group,distributes refined petroleum products in the wholesale markets, it must first schedule that product for shipment by tankers or barges or on commoncarrier pipelines to a liquid bulk terminal. Refined product is transported to marine terminals, such as our Gulf Coast terminals and Baton Rouge, Louisiana dock facility, by vessels orbarges. Because there are economies of scale in transporting products by vessel, marine terminals with larger storage capacities for various commoditieshave the ability to offer their customers lower per-barrel freight costs to a greater extent than do terminals with smaller storage capacities. Refined product reaches inland terminals, such as our Southeast and Midwest terminals, by common carrier pipelines. Common carrier pipelinesare pipelines with published tariffs that are regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, or state authorities. These pipelines shipfungible refined products in multiple cycles of large batches, with each batch generally consisting of product owned by several different companies. Asa batch of product is shipped on a pipeline, each terminal operator along the way draws the volume of product that is scheduled for that facility as thebatch passes in the pipeline. Consequently, each terminal operator must monitor the type of product in the common carrier pipeline to determine when todraw product scheduled for delivery9Table of Contentsto that terminal. In addition, both the common carrier pipeline and the terminal operator monitor the volume of product drawn to ensure that the amountscheduled for delivery at that location is actually received. At both inland and marine terminals, the various products are stored in tanks on behalf of our customers. Delivery. Most terminals have a tanker truck loading facility commonly referred to as a "rack." Often, commercial and industrial end-users andindependent retailers rely on independent trucking companies to pick up product at the rack and transport it to the end-user or retailer at its specifiedlocation. Each truck holds an aggregate of approximately 8,000 gallons (approximately 190 barrels) of various refined products in differentcompartments. To initiate the loading of product, the driver uses an access control card that identifies the customer purchasing the refined product, thecarrier and the driver as well as the type or grade of refined products to be pumped into the truck. A computerized system electronically reviews thecredentials of the carrier, including insurance and certain mandated certifications, and confirms the customer is within product allocation or credit limits.When all conditions are verified as being current and correct, the system authorizes the delivery of the refined product to the truck. As refined product isbeing loaded into the truck, ethanol, bio diesel or additives are injected to conform to government specifications and individual customer requirements.As part of the Renewable Fuel Standard Act, ethanol and biodiesel are often blended with the refined product across the rack to create a certain "spec"of saleable product. Additionally, if a truck is loading gasoline for retail sale by an independent gasoline station, generic additives will be added to thegasoline as it is loaded into the truck. If the gasoline is for delivery to a branded retail gasoline station, the proprietary additive compound of thatparticular retailer will be added to the gasoline as it is loaded. The type and amount of additive are electronically and mechanically controlled byequipment located at the truck loading rack. Generally one to two gallons of additive are injected into an 8,000 gallon truckload of gasoline. At marine terminals, the refined product stored in tanks may be delivered to tanker trucks over a rack in the same manner as at an inland terminal orbe delivered onto large ships, ocean-going barges, or inland barges for delivery to various distribution points around the world. In addition, cruise shipsand other vessels are fueled through a process known as "bunkering", either at the dock, through a pipeline, or by truck or barge. Cruise ships typicallypurchase approximately 6,000 to 8,000 barrels, the equivalent of approximately 42 tanker truckloads, of bunker fuel per refueling. Bunker fuel is amixture of residual fuel oil and diesel fuel. Each large vessel generally requires its own mixture of bunker fuel to match the distinct characteristics of thatship's engines and turbines. Because the mixture for each ship requires precision to mix and deliver, cruise ships often prefer to obtain their fuel fromexperienced companies such as TransMontaigne Inc.Our Operations We are a terminaling and transportation company with operations primarily in the United States along the Gulf Coast, in the Midwest, inBrownsville, Texas, along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, and in the Southeast. We use our terminaling facilities to, among other things:•receive refined products from the pipeline, ship, barge or railcar making delivery on behalf of our customers, and transfer those refinedproducts to the tanks located at our terminals; •store the refined products in our tanks for our customers; •monitor the volume of the refined products stored in our tanks; •distribute the refined products out of our terminals in vessels or truckloads using truck racks and other distribution equipment located atour terminals, including pipelines; and10Table of Contents•heat residual fuel oils and asphalt stored in our tanks, and provide other ancillary services related to the throughput process. We derive revenue from our terminal and pipeline transportation operations by charging fees for providing integrated terminaling, transportationand related services. The fees we charge and our other sources of revenue are composed of:•Terminaling Services Fees. We generate terminaling services fees by distributing and storing products for our customers. Terminalingservices fees include throughput fees based on the volume of product distributed from the facility, injection fees based on the volume ofproduct injected with additive compounds and storage fees based on a rate per barrel of storage capacity per month. •Pipeline Transportation Fees. We earn pipeline transportation fees at our Razorback pipeline and Diamondback pipeline based on thevolume of product transported and the distance from the origin point to the delivery point. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,or FERC, regulates the tariff on the Razorback pipeline and the Diamondback pipeline. •Management Fees and Reimbursed Costs. We manage and operate certain tank capacity at our Port Everglades (South) terminal for amajor oil company and receive a reimbursement of its proportionate share of operating and maintenance costs. We manage and operatefor an affiliate of PEMEX, Mexico's state-owned petroleum company a bi-directional products pipeline connected to our Brownsville,Texas terminal facility and receive a management fee and reimbursement of costs. Effective as of April 1, 2011, we entered into theFrontera joint venture. We manage and operate Frontera and receive a management fee based on our costs incurred. •Other Revenue. We provide ancillary services including heating and mixing of stored products, product transfer services, railcarhandling, wharfage fees and vapor recovery fees. Pursuant to terminaling services agreements with our throughput customers, we areentitled to the volume of net product gained resulting from differences in the measurement of product volumes received and distributed atour terminaling facilities. Consistent with recognized industry practices, measurement differentials occur as the result of the inherentvariances in measurement devices and methodology. We recognize as revenue the net proceeds from the sale of the product gained.11Table of Contents The locations and approximate aggregate active storage capacity at our terminal facilities as of December 31, 2011 are as follows:12Locations Active storagecapacity (shell bbls) Gulf Coast Facilities Florida Port Everglades Complex Port Everglades-North 2,487,000 Port Everglades-South(1) 377,000 Jacksonville 271,000 Cape Canaveral 724,000 Port Manatee 1,375,000 Pensacola 270,000 Fisher Island 673,000 Tampa 760,000 Gulf Coast Total 6,937,000 Midwest Facilities Rogers, AR and Mt. Vernon, MO (aggregate amounts) 407,000 Oklahoma City, OK 158,000 Midwest Total 565,000 Brownsville Facilities Brownsville, TX 913,000 Frontera(2) 1,424,000 Matamoros, Mexico 7,000 Brownsville Total 2,344,000 River Facilities Arkansas City, AR 446,000 Evansville, IN 245,000 New Albany, IN 176,000 Greater Cincinnati, KY 200,000 Henderson, KY 182,000 Louisville, KY 150,000 Owensboro, KY 157,000 Paducah, KY 322,000 Baton Rouge, LA (Dock) — Greenville, MS (Clay Street) 196,000 Greenville, MS (Industrial Road) 56,000 Cape Girardeau, MO 140,000 East Liverpool, OH 227,000 River Total 2,497,000 Southeast Facilities Albany, GA 203,000 Americus, GA 93,000 Athens, GA 203,000 Bainbridge, GA 372,000 Belton, SC — Birmingham, AL 165,000 Table of Contents Gulf Coast Operations. Our Gulf Coast operations include eight refined product terminals located in Florida. At our Gulf Coast terminals wehandle refined products and crude oil on behalf of, and provide integrated terminaling services to, customers engaged in the distribution and marketingof refined products and crude oil and the United States government. Our Gulf Coast terminals receive refined products from vessels on behalf of ourcustomers. In addition, our Jacksonville terminal also receives asphalt by rail and our Port Everglades (North) terminal also receives product by truck.We distribute by truck or barge at all of our Gulf Coast terminals. In addition, we distribute products by pipeline at our Port Everglades and Tampaterminals. A major oil company retains an ownership interest, ranging from 25% to 50%, in specific tank capacity at our Port Everglades (South)terminal. We manage and operate the Port Everglades (South) terminal, and we are reimbursed by the major oil company for its proportionate share ofour operating and maintenance costs. The principal customers at our Gulf Coast facilities are Marathon Petroleum Company LLC, which we refer to as Marathon, and Morgan StanleyCapital Group. Midwest Terminals and Pipeline Operations. In Missouri and Arkansas we own and operate the Razorback pipeline and terminals in Mt.Vernon, Missouri, at the origin of the pipeline and in Rogers, Arkansas, at the terminus of the pipeline. The Razorback pipeline is a 67-mile, 8-inchdiameter interstate common carrier pipeline that transports light refined product on behalf of Morgan Stanley Capital Group from our terminal at Mt.Vernon, where it is interconnected with a pipeline system owned by Magellan Midstream Partners, to our terminal at Rogers. The Razorback pipelinehas a capacity of approximately 30,000 barrels per day. The FERC regulates the transportation tariffs for interstate shipments on the Razorback pipeline.Morgan Stanley Capital Group currently is the only shipper on the Razorback pipeline and our sole customer at our Rogers and Mt. Vernon terminals.13Locations Active storagecapacity (shell bbls) Charlotte, NC 121,000 Collins/Purvis, MS 3,419,000 Collins, MS 200,000 Doraville, GA 438,000 Fairfax, VA 513,000 Greensboro, NC 479,000 Griffin, GA 107,000 Lookout Mountain, GA 221,000 Macon, GA 174,000 Meridian, MS 139,000 Montvale, VA 503,000 Norfolk, VA 1,336,000 Richmond, VA 478,000 Rome, GA 152,000 Selma, NC 529,000 Spartanburg, SC 166,000 Southeast Total 10,011,000 TOTAL CAPACITY 22,354,000 (1)Reflects our ownership interest net of a major oil company's ownership interest in certain tank capacity. (2)Reflects the total active storage capacity of Frontera, of which we have a 50% ownership interest.Table of Contents We also own and operate a terminal facility at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Our Oklahoma City terminal receives gasolines and diesel fuels from apipeline system owned by Magellan Midstream Partners for delivery via our truck rack to Shell Oil Products U.S., which we refer to as Shell, forredistribution to locations throughout the Oklahoma City region. On July 19, 2011, we entered into agreements for the construction and operation of approximately 1.0 million barrels of crude oil storage inCushing, Oklahoma. We will lease a portion of land in Cushing, Oklahoma and construct storage tanks and associated infrastructure on that propertyfor the receipt of crude oil by truck and pipeline, the blending of crude oil and the storage of 1.0 million barrels of crude oil. We have entered into along-term services agreement with Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. for the use of the facility. Completion of the facility is planned for the secondquarter of 2012. Brownsville, Texas Operations. Effective as of April 1, 2011, we entered into a joint venture with PMI at our Brownsville, Texas terminal. Wecontributed approximately 1.5 million barrels of light petroleum product storage capacity, as well as related ancillary facilities, to the Frontera jointventure, in exchange for a cash payment of approximately $25.6 million and a 50% ownership interest. PMI acquired the remaining 50% ownershipinterest in Frontera for a cash payment of approximately $25.6 million. We operate the Frontera assets under an operations and reimbursementagreement between us and Frontera. We continue to own and operate approximately 0.9 million barrels of additional tankage and related ancillary facilities in Brownsville independentof the joint venture, as well as the Diamondback pipeline which handles liquid product movements between Mexico and south Texas. At ourBrownsville terminal we handle refined petroleum products, chemicals, vegetable oils, naphtha, wax and propane on behalf of, and provide integratedterminaling services to, customers engaged in the distribution and marketing of refined products and natural gas liquids. Our Brownsville facilitiesreceive refined products on behalf of our customers from vessels, by truck or railcar. We also receive natural gas liquids by pipeline. The Diamondback pipeline consists of an 8" pipeline that transports LPG approximately 23 miles from our Brownsville facilities to ourMatamoros terminal, with approximately 16 miles located in Texas and approximately 7 miles located in Mexico and a 6" pipeline, which runs parallelto the 8" pipeline, that can be used by us in the future to transport additional LPG or refined products to our Matamoros terminal. The 8" pipeline has acapacity of approximately 7,500 barrels per day. The 6" pipeline has a capacity of approximately 4,300 barrels per day. We also operate and maintain the United States portion of a 174-mile bi-directional refined products pipeline owned by PMI. This pipelineconnects our Brownsville terminal complex to a pipeline in Mexico that delivers to PEMEX's terminal located in Reynosa, Mexico and terminates atPEMEX's refinery, located in Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, a suburb of the large industrial city of Monterrey. The pipeline transports refinedproducts and blending components. We operate and manage the approximately 18-mile portion of the pipeline located in the United States for a fee thatis based on the average daily volume handled during the month. Additionally, we are reimbursed for non-routine maintenance expenses based on theactual costs plus a fee based on a fixed percentage of the expense. The customers we serve at our Brownsville terminal facilities consist principally of wholesale and retail marketers of refined products andindustrial and commercial end-users of refined products, waxes and industrial chemicals. Our principal customers are Valero Marketing and SupplyCompany, which we refer to as Valero, TransMontaigne Inc. and PMI Trading Limited. River Operations. Our River facilities include 12 refined product terminals along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and the Baton Rouge,Louisiana dock facility. At our River terminals, we handle gasolines, diesel fuels, heating oil, chemicals and fertilizers on behalf of, and provideintegrated14Table of Contentsterminaling services to, customers engaged in the distribution and marketing of refined products and industrial and commercial end-users. Our Riverterminals receive products from vessels and barges on behalf of our customers and distribute products primarily to trucks and barges. The principalcustomer at our River facilities is Valero. Southeast Operations. Our Southeast facilities include 22 refined product terminals along the Plantation and Colonial pipelines. At ourSoutheast terminals, we handle gasolines, diesel fuels, jet fuel and heating oil on behalf of, and provide integrated terminaling services to customersengaged in the distribution and marketing of refined products. Our Southeast terminals primarily receive products from the Plantation and Colonialpipelines on behalf of our customers and distribute products primarily to trucks. The principal customer at our Southeast facilities is Morgan StanleyCapital Group.Business Strategies Our primary business objective is to increase distributable cash flow per unit. The most effective means of growing our business and increasingcash distributions to our unitholders is to expand our asset base and infrastructure, and to increase utilization of our existing infrastructure. We intend toaccomplish this by executing the following strategies: Generate stable cash flows through the use of long-term contracts with our customers. We intend to continue to generate stable cash flowsby capitalizing on the fee-based nature of our business, our minimum revenue commitments from our customers and the long-term nature of ourcontracts with many of our customers. We generate revenue from customers who pay us fees based on the volume of storage capacity contracted for,volume of refined products throughput at our terminals or volume of refined products transported in the Razorback and Diamondback pipelines. Wehave long-term terminaling services agreements with, among others, Marathon, Morgan Stanley Capital Group, PMI Trading Limited and Valero. Pursue strategic and accretive acquisitions in new and existing markets. Historically, our growth strategy has included the pursuit ofacquisitions of energy-related terminaling and transportation facilities, including facilities that may be outside our existing areas of operation, which weexpected to pursue jointly with TransMontaigne Inc. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group. Although the recent industry trend of large energy companiesdivesting their distribution and logistic assets has continued, our ability to pursue strategic acquisitions will be constrained because Morgan Stanleydoes not expect to approve any "significant" acquisition or investment that we may propose for the foreseeable future. We are currently unable to predicthow the impact of this decision will affect Morgan Stanley's commodities business or the growth or development of our business and results ofoperations. Maximize the benefits of our relationship with TransMontaigne Inc. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group. TransMontaigne Inc. and MorganStanley Capital Group intend to use us as the primary vehicle for their energy-related terminaling and transportation businesses that support theirphysical trading, marketing and distribution businesses. We intend to capitalize on the strategic fit between our infrastructure with Morgan StanleyCapital Group's global supply capabilities and TransMontaigne Inc.'s marketing and distribution business. In addition, our relationship withTransMontaigne Inc. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group provides us with access to a significant pool of management talent and strong relationshipsthroughout the energy industry, which we intend to utilize to implement our strategies. Execute cost-effective expansion and asset enhancement opportunities. We continually evaluate opportunities to expand our existing assetbase. For example, in 2011 we increased light oil tank capacity at Collins/Purvis by 700,000 barrels and added additional ethanol blending functionalityat certain of our Southeast terminals. In March 2011, we acquired from TransMontaigne Inc. its Pensacola, Florida refined petroleum products terminalwith approximately 270,000 barrels of aggregate15Table of Contentsactive storage capacity. In addition, we have an ongoing project for the construction and operation of approximately 1.0 million barrels of crude oilstorage in Cushing, Oklahoma, with completion planned for the second quarter of 2012. As a result of Morgan Stanley's determination not to approve,for the foreseeable future, any significant acquisition or expansion that we may propose, we are unable to predict whether or to what extent we may beable to pursue any such future opportunities. Maintain a disciplined financial policy. We will continue to pursue a disciplined financial policy by maintaining a prudent capital structure,managing our exposure to interest rate risk and conservatively managing our cash reserves.Competitive Strengths We believe that we are well positioned to successfully execute our business strategies using the following competitive strengths: The terminaling services agreements we have with our existing customers provide us with stable cash flows. Based on our terminalingservices agreements in effect at January 1, 2012, we have contractual commitments from our customers that are expected to generate a substantialmajority of our actual revenue for the year ending December 31, 2012. Of this firmly committed revenue, approximately 45% was generated underterminaling services agreements with remaining terms of at least three years or more at December 31, 2011. We expect that our actual revenue for theyear will be higher than our contractual commitments because certain of our terminaling services agreements with customers do not contain minimumrevenue commitments and because our customers often use other services we provide that are in addition to the services covered by the minimumrevenue commitments. We believe that the fee-based nature of our business, our minimum revenue commitments from our customers, the long-termnature of our contracts with many of our customers and our lack of material direct exposure to changes in commodity prices (except for the value ofrefined product gains and losses arising from terminaling services agreements with certain customers) will provide us with stable cash flows. We do not have material direct commodity price risk. Because we do not purchase or market the products that we handle or transport, our cashflows are not subject to material direct exposure to changes in commodity prices, except for the value of refined product gains and losses arising fromterminaling services agreements with certain customers. We benefit from the strategic fit between our operations and the operations of TransMontaigne Inc. and Morgan Stanley CapitalGroup. The operations of TransMontaigne Inc. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group fit strategically with our broad geographical terminal andtransportation distribution capability. Our terminaling service agreements with TransMontaigne Inc. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group enable them tosupport their refined product supply, risk management and marketing businesses and, at the same time, provide us with stable cash flows and helpensure that our facilities are more fully utilized. We will continue to seek cost-effective asset enhancement opportunities. We have high utilization of our existing storage capacity, whichenables us to focus on expanding our terminal capacity and acquiring additional terminal capacity for our current and future customers, to the extentMorgan Stanley approves any such expansions. In March 2011, we acquired from TransMontaigne Inc. its Pensacola, Florida refined petroleumproducts terminal with approximately 270,000 barrels of aggregate active storage capacity. In addition, we have a project in place for the constructionand operation of approximately 1.0 million barrels of crude oil storage in Cushing, Oklahoma, with completion planned for the second quarter of 2012. We have a substantial presence in Florida, which has significant demand for refined petroleum products, and is not currently served by anylocal refinery or interstate refined product pipeline. Eight of our16Table of Contentsterminals serve our customers' operations in metropolitan areas in Florida, which we believe to be an attractive area for the following reasons:•Refined products are largely distributed in Florida through terminals with waterborne access, such as our terminals, because Florida hasno refineries or interstate refined product pipelines. •The Florida market is attractive to physical commodity traders because they can originate product supplies from multiple locations, bothdomestically and overseas, and transport the product to the terminal by vessel. •The ports served by our terminals are among the busiest cruise ship ports in the United States, with year-round demand. Through TransMontaigne Inc. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group, our general partner has access to a knowledgeable management teamwith significant experience in the energy industry. The members of our general partner's management team have established long-standingrelationships within the energy industry and significant experience with regard to the implementation of operating and growth strategies in many facetsof the energy industry, including:•crude oil marketing and transportation; •renewable fuels, including ethanol, marketing and transportation; •natural gas and natural gas liquid gathering, processing, transportation and marketing; •propane storage, transportation and marketing; and •refined product storage, transportation and marketing.Competition We face competition from other terminals and pipelines that may be able to supply our customers with integrated terminaling and transportationservices on a more competitive basis. We compete with national, regional and local terminal and transportation companies, including the major integratedoil companies, of widely varying sizes, financial resources and experience. These competitors include BP p.l.c., Chevron U.S.A. Inc., CITGOPetroleum Corporation, Conoco Phillips, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Amerada Hess Corporation, Holly Corporation and its affiliate Holly EnergyPartners, L.P., Kinder Morgan, Inc. and its affiliate Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P., Marathon AshlandPetroleum L.L.C., Motiva Enterprises LLC, Murphy Oil Corporation, NuStar Energy L.P., Sunoco, Inc. and its affiliate Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P.,and terminals in the Caribbean. In particular, our ability to compete could be harmed by factors we cannot control, including:•price competition from terminal and transportation companies, some of which are substantially larger than we are and have greaterfinancial resources, and control substantially greater storage capacity, than we do; •the perception that another company can provide better service; and •the availability of alternative supply points, or supply points located closer to our customers' operations. We also compete with national, regional and local terminal and transportation companies for acquisition and expansion opportunities. Some ofthese competitors are substantially larger than us and have greater financial resources and lower costs of capital than we do.17Table of ContentsSignificant Customer Relationships We have several significant customer relationships from which we expect to continue to derive a substantial majority of our revenue for theforeseeable future. These relationships include:Our Relationship With TransMontaigne Inc. And Morgan Stanley Capital Group General. A majority of our business is devoted to providing integrated terminaling and transportation services to Morgan Stanley Capital Group.Pursuant to the terms of our terminaling services agreements with Morgan Stanley Capital Group, we expect them to continue to be our largest customerfor the foreseeable future. We are controlled by our general partner, TransMontaigne GP L.L.C., which is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of TransMontaigne Inc.formed in 1995. TransMontaigne Inc. is a terminaling, distribution and marketing company that markets refined petroleum products to wholesalers,distributors and industrial and commercial end users throughout the United States, primarily in the Gulf Coast, Northeast, Southeast and Midwestregions. TransMontaigne Inc. also owns a 100% interest in TransMontaigne Canada Holdings, Inc., a Canadian petroleum marketing and terminalingcompany. As of December 31, 2011, TransMontaigne Inc. owned three refined product terminals; one dry bulk product terminal; three railcar facilities;a hydrant system in Port Everglades; and its distribution and marketing business. TransMontaigne Inc.'s marketing operations generally consist of thedistribution and marketing of refined products through contract and rack spot sales in the physical markets. On September 1, 2006, a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Morgan Stanley Capital Group purchased all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of TransMontaigne Inc. TransMontaigne Inc. andMorgan Stanley Capital Group have a significant interest in our partnership through their ownership of common units representing limited partnerinterests equal to approximately 21.7% of our aggregate outstanding limited and general partner interests, our sole general partner interest (representing2% of our aggregate outstanding limited and general partner interests) and the incentive distribution rights. Morgan Stanley Capital Group is a leading global commodity trader involved in proprietary and counterparty-driven trading in numerouscommodities markets including crude oil and refined products, natural gas and natural gas liquids, coal, electric power, base and precious metals andothers. Morgan Stanley Capital Group has been actively trading crude oil and refined products for over 20 years and on a daily basis trades millions ofbarrels of physical crude oil and refined products and exchange-traded and over-the-counter crude oil and refined product derivative instruments.Morgan Stanley Capital Group also invests as principal in acquisitions that complement Morgan Stanley's commodity trading activities. Morgan StanleyCapital Group has substantial strategic long-term storage capacity located on all three coasts of the United States, in Northwest Europe and Asia. Rights of First Refusal. On May 27, 2005, we entered into an omnibus agreement with TransMontaigne Inc. and our general partner, whichagreement was amended and restated on December 31, 2007. The omnibus agreement, as amended and restated provides TransMontaigne Inc. a right offirst refusal to purchase any assets that we propose to sell. Before we enter into any contract to sell such terminal or pipeline facilities to a third party, wemust give written notice of all material terms of such proposed sale to TransMontaigne Inc. TransMontaigne Inc. will then have the sole and exclusiveoption for a period of 45 days following receipt of the notice, to purchase the subject facilities18Customer LocationMorgan Stanley Capital Group Gulf Coast, Midwest and SoutheastfacilitiesTransMontaigne Inc Gulf Coast and Brownsville facilitiesValero Marketing and Supply Company River facilitiesMarathon Petroleum Company LLC Gulf Coast facilitiesTable of Contentsfor no less than 105% of the purchase price offered by the third party on the terms specified in the notice. TransMontaigne Inc. also has a right of first refusal to contract for the use of any refined product storage capacity that we put into commercialservice (i) after January 1, 2008, or (ii) was subject to a terminaling services agreement that expires or is terminated (excluding a contract renewablesolely at the option of our customer) after January 1, 2008, provided that TransMontaigne Inc. agrees to pay 105% of the fees offered by the third partycustomer.Terminaling Services Agreements Florida Terminals and Razorback Pipeline System Terminaling Services Agreement—Morgan Stanley Capital Group. We have aterminaling services agreement with Morgan Stanley Capital Group relating to our Florida, Mt. Vernon, Missouri and Rogers, Arkansas terminals.Effective June 1, 2008, we amended the terminaling services agreement to include renewable fuels blending functionality at the Florida Terminals. Theinitial term of the agreement expires on May 31, 2014 for the Florida terminals and was set to expire on May 31, 2012 for the Mt. Vernon, Missouriand Rogers, Arkansas terminals. Effective November 7, 2011, Morgan Stanley Capital Group extended its minimum throughput commitment at our Mt.Vernon, Missouri and Rogers, Arkansas terminals to May 31, 2014. After May 31, 2014, the terminaling services agreement will automatically renewfor subsequent one-year periods, subject to either party's right to terminate with six months' notice prior to May 31, 2014 or the then current renewalterm. Under this agreement, Morgan Stanley Capital Group agreed to throughput a volume of refined product that will, at the fee and tariff schedulecontained in the agreement, result in minimum throughput payments to us of approximately $37.0 million for the contract year ending May 31, 2012(approximately $37.3 million for the contract year ending May 31, 2013); with stipulated annual increases in throughput payments each contract yearthereafter. Morgan Stanley Capital Group's minimum annual throughput payment is reduced proportionately for any decrease in storage capacity due toout-of-service tank capacity. If a force majeure event occurs that renders performance impossible with respect to an asset for at least 30 consecutive days, Morgan StanleyCapital Group's obligations would be temporarily suspended with respect to that asset. If a force majeure event continues for 30 consecutive days ormore and results in a diminution in the storage capacity we make available to Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Morgan Stanley Capital Group's minimumrevenue commitment would be reduced proportionately for the duration of the force majeure event. Morgan Stanley Capital Group may not assign the terminaling services agreement without our consent. Upon termination of the agreement,Morgan Stanley Capital Group has a right of first refusal to enter into a new terminaling services agreement with us, provided they pay no less than105% of the fees offered by any third party. Southeast Terminaling Services Agreement—Morgan Stanley Capital Group. We have a terminaling and transportation services agreementwith Morgan Stanley Capital Group relating to our Southeast terminals. The terminaling services agreement commenced on January 1, 2008 and has aseven-year term expiring on December 31, 2014, subject to a seven-year renewal option at the election of Morgan Stanley Capital Group. Under thisagreement, Morgan Stanley Capital Group agreed to throughput a volume of refined product at our Southeast terminals that will, at the fee schedulecontained in the agreement, result in minimum throughput payments to us of approximately $35.4 million for the contract year ending December 31,2012; with stipulated annual increases in throughput payments each contract year thereafter. Morgan Stanley Capital Group's minimum annualthroughput payment is reduced proportionately for any decrease in storage capacity due to out-of-service tank capacity. In exchange for its minimumthroughput commitment, we agreed to provide Morgan Stanley Capital Group approximately 8.9 million barrels of light oil storage capacity at19Table of Contentsour Southeast terminals. Under this agreement we also agreed to undertake certain capital projects to provide ethanol blending functionality at certain ofour Southeast terminals with completion dates that extended through August 31, 2011. Upon the completion of each of the projects, Morgan StanleyCapital Group paid us an ethanol blending fee that in total equaled approximately $22.5 million. If a force majeure event occurs that renders performance impossible with respect to an asset for at least 30 consecutive days, Morgan StanleyCapital Group's obligations would be temporarily suspended with respect to that asset. If a force majeure event continues for 30 consecutive days ormore and results in a diminution in the storage capacity we make available to Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Morgan Stanley Capital Group's minimumrevenue commitment would be reduced proportionately for the duration of the force majeure event. Morgan Stanley Capital Group may not assign the terminaling services agreement without our consent. Collins/Purvis Terminaling Services Agreement—Morgan Stanley Capital Group. In January 2010, we entered into a terminaling servicesagreement with Morgan Stanley Capital Group relating to our Collins, Mississippi facility that will expire in July 2018, subject to one-year automaticrenewals unless terminated by either party upon 180 days prior notice. In exchange for its minimum revenue commitment, we agreed to undertakecertain capital projects to provide an additional 700,000 barrels of light oil capacity and other improvements at the Collins terminal. These capitalprojects were completed and placed into service in July 2011. Under this agreement, Morgan Stanley Capital Group agreed to throughput a volume oflight oil products at our terminal that will, at the fee schedule contained in the agreement, result in minimum throughput payments to us of approximately$4.1 million for the one-year period following the in-service date of July 2011 for the aforementioned capital projects, and for each contract yearthereafter. If a force majeure event occurs that renders performance impossible with respect to an asset for at least 30 consecutive days, Morgan StanleyCapital Group's obligations would be temporarily suspended with respect to that asset. If a force majeure event continues for 30 consecutive days ormore and results in a diminution in the storage capacity we make available to Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Morgan Stanley Capital Group's minimumrevenue commitment would be reduced proportionately for the duration of the force majeure event. Neither party may transfer or assign this agreement without the consent of the other party unless such assignment is to an affiliate or, in the case ofPartners, a successor in interest to us or to the Collins terminal. Midwest (Cushing) Terminaling Services Agreement—Morgan Stanley Capital Group. In July 2011, we entered into a terminaling servicesagreement with Morgan Stanley Capital Group relating to our Cushing, Oklahoma facility that will expire seven years following the in-service date ofcertain tank capacity and other improvements to be constructed by us, subject to a five-year automatic renewal unless terminated by either party upon180 days notice prior to the end of the then-current renewal term. Under this agreement, Morgan Stanley Capital Group agreed to throughput a volumeof crude oil products at our terminal that will, at the fee schedule contained in the agreement, result in minimum throughput payments to us ofapproximately $4.3 million for the one-year period following the in-service date. In exchange for its minimum revenue commitment, we agreed toconstruct storage tanks and associated infrastructure on a leased portion of land to provide 1.0 million barrels of crude oil capacity, with estimatedcompletion planned for the second quarter of 2012. If a force majeure event continues for 120 consecutive days or more and results in a diminution in the storage capacity we make available toMorgan Stanley Capital Group, Morgan Stanley Capital Group's minimum revenue commitment would be reduced proportionately for the duration ofthe force majeure event.20Table of Contents Neither party may transfer or assign this agreement without the consent of the other party unless such assignment is to an affiliate or, in the case ofPartners, a successor in interest to us or to the Cushing terminal. Southeast Terminaling Services Agreement—United States Government. We have a terminaling services agreement with the United Statesgovernment that will expire on April 30, 2012. The United States government has the option to extend the agreement for two additional five-yearincrements. Pursuant to the terminaling services agreement, we agreed to provide the United States government with approximately 0.3 million barrelsof light refined product storage capacity at our Selma, NC terminal. Gulf Coast (Fisher Island) Terminaling Services Agreement—TransMontaigne Inc. We have a terminaling services agreement withTransMontaigne Inc. that will expire on December 31, 2012. Under this agreement, TransMontaigne Inc. agreed to throughput at our Fisher Islandterminal in the Gulf Coast region a volume of fuel oils that will, at the fee schedule contained in the agreement, result in minimum revenue to us ofapproximately $1.8 million for the contract year ending December 31, 2012. In exchange for its minimum throughput commitment, we agreed toprovide TransMontaigne Inc. with approximately 185,000 barrels of fuel oil capacity. Gulf Coast (Florida) Terminaling Services Agreement—Marathon. We have a terminaling services agreement with Marathon regardingapproximately 1.0 million barrels of asphalt storage capacity throughout our Florida facilities that will expire on April 30, 2016. Under the terms of theTerminaling Services Agreement, we are prohibited from placing into commercial service any new or converted asphalt storage capacity at our Floridafacilities without Marathon's express written consent. River Terminaling Services Agreement—Valero. We have a terminaling services agreement with Valero that will expire on April 1, 2013.Pursuant to the terminaling services agreement, we agreed to provide Valero with approximately 1.1 million barrels of light refined product storagecapacity, in the aggregate, at our Cape Girardeau, Evansville, Greenville, Henderson, Owensboro and Paducah terminals. Valero also has a right tomatch any third-party offer to use any existing, new or converted light refined product storage capacity that we put into commercial service at any of theRiver terminals subject to this agreement. If Valero fails to exercise its right to match, it has the right to terminate the terminaling services agreement inits entirety or with respect to the applicable terminal. Brownsville LPG Terminaling Services Agreement—TransMontaigne Inc. We have a terminaling and transportation services agreement withTransMontaigne Inc. relating to our Brownsville, Texas facilities that expired on March 31, 2011 and is continuing on a month to month basis, subjectto either party's right to terminate with thirty days' prior notice. Under this agreement, TransMontaigne Inc. agreed to throughput at our Brownsvillefacilities certain minimum volumes of natural gas liquids that will result in minimum revenue to us of approximately $1.3 million per year. In exchangefor TransMontaigne Inc.'s minimum throughput commitment, we agreed to provide TransMontaigne Inc. approximately 33,000 barrels of LPG storagecapacity at our Brownsville facilities. Matamoros LPG Terminaling Services Agreement—TransMontaigne Inc. We had a terminaling services agreement withTransMontaigne Inc. relating to our natural gas liquids storage facility in Matamoros, Mexico that was terminated effective October 1, 2011. Under thisagreement, TransMontaigne Inc. agreed to throughput a volume of natural gas liquids that resulted in minimum throughput payments to us ofapproximately $0.5 million in 2011. The storage capacity under this agreement is now under contract with a third party. Oklahoma City Revenue Support Agreement—TransMontaigne Inc. We have a revenue support agreement with TransMontaigne Inc. thatprovides that in the event any current third-party terminaling agreement should expire, TransMontaigne Inc. agrees to enter into a terminaling servicesagreement21Table of Contentsthat will expire no earlier than November 1, 2012. The terminaling services agreement will provide that TransMontaigne Inc. agrees to throughput suchvolume of refined product as may be required to guarantee minimum revenue to us of $0.8 million per year. If TransMontaigne Inc. fails to meet itsminimum revenue commitment in any year, it must pay us the amount of any shortfall within 15 business days following receipt of an invoice from us.In exchange for TransMontaigne Inc.'s minimum revenue commitment, we agreed to provide TransMontaigne Inc. approximately 158,000 barrels oflight oil storage capacity at our Oklahoma City terminal. TransMontaigne Inc.'s minimum revenue commitment currently is not in effect because a majoroil company is under contract through January 31, 2014, for the utilization of the light oil storage capacity at the terminal. Uncertainty Relating to Certain Terminaling Relationships. If the changing regulatory environment applicable to Morgan Stanley's orTransMontaigne Inc.'s commodities business were to result in changes to the manner in which they operate, such that they would be unable to renewour terminaling services agreements or utilize our terminals and facilities at current levels, we would need to seek new or expanded terminalingrelationships with new customers or our other existing customers. We cannot be certain that we would be able to replace all of the revenues on accountof capacity currently used by Morgan Stanley Capital Group and TransMontaigne Inc. at or prior to the termination of our current agreements. Other Terminaling Services Agreements. We have additional terminaling service agreements with other customers at our terminal facilities forthroughput and storage of refined products, crude oil and other products. These agreements include various minimum throughput commitments, storagecommitments and other terms, including duration, which we negotiate on a case-by-case basis.Operations and Reimbursement Agreement—Frontera Joint Venture Effective April 1, 2011, upon the formation of Frontera, we began providing operations and maintenance services to Frontera for a managementfee that is based on our costs incurred. Our management agreement stipulates that we may resign as the operator at any time with the prior writtenconsent of Frontera, or that we may be removed as the operator for good cause, which includes material noncompliance with laws and material failure toadhere to good industry practice regarding health, safety or environmental matters. For the year ended December 31, 2011, we recognizedapproximately $1.9 million of revenue related to this management agreement.Terminals and Pipeline Control Operations The pipelines we own or operate are operated via geosynchronous satellite, wireless, radio and frame relay communication systems from a centralcontrol room located in Atlanta, Georgia. We also monitor activity at our terminals from this control room. The control center operates with System Control and Data Acquisition, or SCADA, systems. Our control center is equipped with computersystems designed to continuously monitor operational data, including refined product throughput, flow rates and pressures. In addition, the controlcenter monitors alarms and throughput balances. The control center operates remote pumps, motors, engines, and valves associated with the receipt ofrefined products. The computer systems are designed to enhance leak-detection capabilities, sound automatic alarms if operational conditions outside ofpre-established parameters occur, and provide for remote-controlled shutdown of pump stations on the pipeline. Pump stations and meter-measurementpoints on the pipeline are linked by satellite or telephone communication systems for remote monitoring and control. In addition, our Brownsville, Texasand Collins, Mississippi facilities contain full back-up/redundant disaster recovery systems covering all of our SCADA systems.22Table of ContentsSafety and Maintenance We perform preventive and normal maintenance on the pipeline and terminal systems we operate or own and make repairs and replacements whennecessary or appropriate. We also conduct routine and required inspections of the pipeline and terminal tanks we operate or own as required by code orregulation. External coatings and impressed current cathodic protection systems are used to protect against external corrosion. We conduct all cathodicprotection work in accordance with National Association of Corrosion Engineers standards. We continually monitor, test, and record the effectivenessof these corrosion-inhibiting systems. We monitor the structural integrity of all of our Department of Transportation, or DOT, regulated pipeline systems. These pipeline systems includethe 67-mile Razorback pipeline; a 37-mile pipeline, known as the "Pinebelt pipeline," located in Covington County, Mississippi that transports refinedpetroleum liquids between our Collins and Collins/Purvis terminal facilities; a 1-mile diesel fuel pipeline, known as the Bellemeade pipeline, owned byand operated for Dominion Virginia Power Corp. in Richmond, Virginia; the Diamondback pipeline; and an approximately 18-mile, bi-directionalrefined petroleum liquids pipeline in Texas, known as the "MB pipeline," that we operate and maintain on behalf of PMI Services North America, Inc.,an affiliate of PEMEX. The maintenance of structural integrity includes a program of periodic internal inspections as well as hydrostatic testing thatconforms to Federal standards. Beginning in 2002, the Department of Transportation, or DOT, required internal inspections or other integrity testing ofall DOT-regulated crude oil and refined product pipelines. We believe that the pipelines we own and manage meet or exceed all DOT inspectionrequirements for all pipelines located in the United States, and meet or exceed the corresponding Mexican regulatory requirements for the portion of theDiamondback pipeline located in Mexico. Maintenance facilities containing equipment for pipe repairs, spare parts, and trained response personnel are located along all of these pipelines.Employees participate in simulated spill deployment exercises on a regular basis. They also participate in actual spill response boom deploymentexercises in planned spill scenarios in accordance with Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requirements. We believe that the pipelines we own and manage havebeen constructed and are maintained in all material respects in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and the regulations and standardsprescribed by the American Petroleum Institute, the DOT, and accepted industry practice. At our terminals, tanks designed for gasoline storage are equipped with internal or external floating roofs that minimize emissions and preventpotentially flammable vapor accumulation between fluid levels and the roof of the tank. Our terminal facilities have all required facility response plans,spill prevention and control plans, and other plans and programs to respond to emergencies. Many of our terminal loading racks are protected with water deluge systems activated by either heat sensors or an emergency switch. Several ofour terminals also are protected by foam systems that are activated in case of fire.Safety Regulation We are subject to regulation by the DOT under the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement and Safety Act of 2006, or PIPES, andcomparable state statutes relating to the design, installation, testing, construction, operation, replacement and management of the pipeline facilities weoperate or own. PIPES covers petroleum and petroleum products and requires any entity that owns or operates pipeline facilities to comply with suchregulations and also to permit access to and copying of records and to make certain reports and provide information as required by the Secretary ofTransportation. We believe that we are in material compliance with these PIPES regulations. The DOT Office of Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, or PHMSA, has promulgated regulations that require qualification ofpipeline personnel. These regulations require23Table of Contentspipeline operators to develop and maintain a written qualification program for individuals performing covered tasks on pipeline facilities. The intent ofthese regulations is to ensure a qualified work force and to reduce the probability and consequence of incidents caused by human error. The regulationsestablish qualification requirements for individuals performing covered tasks, and amends certain training requirements in existing regulations. Webelieve that we are in material compliance with these OPS regulations. We also are subject to PHMSA regulation for High Consequence Areas, or HCAs, for Category 2 pipeline systems (companies operating lessthan 500 miles of jurisdictional pipeline). This regulation specifies how to assess, evaluate, repair and validate the integrity of pipeline segments thatcould impact populated areas, areas unusually sensitive to environmental damage and commercially navigable waterways, in the event of a release. Thepipelines we own or manage are subject to these requirements. The regulation requires an integrity management program that utilizes internal pipelineinspection, pressure testing, or other equally effective means to assess the integrity of pipeline segments in HCAs. The program requires periodicreview of pipeline segments in HCAs to ensure adequate preventative and mitigative measures exist. Through this program, we evaluated a range ofthreats to each pipeline segment's integrity by analyzing available information about the pipeline segment and consequences of a failure in an HCA. Theregulation requires prompt action to address integrity issues raised by the assessment and analysis. We have completed baseline assessments for allsegments. Our terminals also are subject to various state regulations regarding our storage of refined product in aboveground storage tanks. These regulationsrequire, among other things, registration of tanks, financial assurances and inspection and testing, consistent with the standards established by theAmerican Petroleum Institute. We have completed baseline assessments for all of the segments and believe that we are in material compliance with theseaboveground storage tank regulations. We also are subject to the requirements of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA, and comparable state statutes that regulate theprotection of the health and safety of workers. In addition, the OSHA hazard communication standard, the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA,community right-to-know regulations under Title III of the Federal Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act, and comparable state statutesrequire us to organize and disclose information about the hazardous materials used in our operations. Certain parts of this information must be reportedto employees, state and local governmental authorities, and local citizens upon request. We believe that we are in material compliance with OSHA andstate requirements, including general industry standards, record keeping requirements and monitoring of occupational exposures. In general, we expect to increase our expenditures during the next decade to comply with higher industry and regulatory safety standards such asthose described above. Although we cannot estimate the magnitude of such expenditures at this time, we do not believe that they will have a materialadverse impact on our results of operations.Environmental Matters Our operations are subject to stringent and complex laws and regulations pertaining to health, safety and the environment. As an owner or operatorof refined product terminals and pipelines, we must comply with these laws and regulations at federal, state and local levels. These laws and regulationscan restrict or impact our business activities in many ways, such as:•requiring remedial action to mitigate releases of hydrocarbons, hazardous substances or wastes caused by our operations or attributableto former operators; •requiring capital expenditures to comply with environmental control requirements; and •enjoining the operations of facilities deemed in non-compliance with permits issued pursuant to such environmental laws andregulations.24Table of Contents Failure to comply with these laws and regulations may trigger a variety of administrative, civil and criminal enforcement measures, including theassessment of monetary penalties, the imposition of remedial requirements, and the issuance of orders enjoining future operations. Certainenvironmental statutes impose strict, joint and several liability for costs required to clean up and restore sites where hydrocarbons, hazardous substancesor wastes have been released or disposed of. Moreover, it is not uncommon for neighboring landowners and other third parties to file claims forpersonal injury and property damage allegedly caused by the release of hydrocarbons, hazardous substances or other wastes into the environment. The trend in environmental regulation is to place more restrictions and limitations on activities that may affect the environment. As a result, therecan be no assurance as to the amount or timing of future expenditures that may be required for environmental compliance or remediation, and actualfuture expenditures may be different from the amounts we currently anticipate. We try to anticipate future regulatory requirements that may affect ouroperations and to plan accordingly to comply with and minimize the costs of such requirements. We do not believe that compliance with federal, state or local environmental laws and regulations will have a material adverse effect on ourbusiness, financial position or results of operations. In addition, we believe that the various environmental activities in which we are presently engagedare not expected to materially interrupt or diminish our operational ability. We cannot assure you, however, that future events, such as changes inexisting laws, the promulgation of new laws, or the development or discovery of new facts or conditions will not cause us to incur significant costs. Thefollowing is a discussion of certain potential material environmental concerns that relate to our business. Water. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, renamed and amended as the Clean Water Act or CWA, imposes strict controls againstthe discharge of pollutants, including oil and its derivatives into navigable waters. The discharge of pollutants into regulated waters is prohibited exceptin accordance with the regulations issued by the EPA or the state. We are subject to various types of storm water discharge requirements at ourterminals. The EPA and a number of states have adopted regulations that require us to obtain permits to discharge storm water run-off from ourfacilities. Such permits may require us to monitor and sample the effluent from our operations. The cost involved in obtaining and renewing these stormwater permits is not material. We believe that we are in substantial compliance with effluent limitations at our facilities and with the CWA generally. The CWA provides penalties for any discharges of petroleum products in reportable quantities and imposes substantial potential liability for thecosts of removing an oil or hazardous substance spill. State laws for the control of water pollution also provide for various civil and criminal penaltiesand liabilities in the event of a release of petroleum or its derivatives in surface waters or into the groundwater. Spill prevention control andcountermeasure requirements of federal laws require, among other things, appropriate containment be constructed around product storage tanks to helpprevent the contamination of navigable waters in the event of a product tank spill, rupture or leak. The primary federal law for oil spill liability is the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, as amended, or OPA, which addresses three principal areas of oilpollution—prevention, containment and cleanup. It applies to vessels, offshore platforms, and onshore facilities, including terminals, pipelines andtransfer facilities. In order to handle, store or transport oil, shore facilities are required to file oil spill response plans with the United States Coast Guard,the OPS, or the EPA. Numerous states have enacted laws similar to OPA. Under OPA and similar state laws, responsible parties for a regulated facilityfrom which oil is discharged may be liable for removal costs and natural resources damages. We believe that we are in substantial compliance withregulations pursuant to OPA and similar state laws. Contamination resulting from spills or releases of refined products is an inherent risk in the petroleum terminal and pipeline industry. To the extentthat groundwater contamination requiring remediation exists around the facilities we own as a result of past operations, we believe any such25Table of Contentscontamination is being controlled or remedied without having a material adverse effect on our financial condition. However, such costs can beunpredictable and are site specific and, therefore, the effect may be material in the aggregate. Air Emissions. Our operations are subject to the federal Clean Air Act, or CAA, and comparable state and local statutes. The CAA requiresmost industrial operations in the United States to incur expenditures to meet the air emission control standards that are developed and implemented bythe EPA and state environmental agencies. These laws and regulations regulate emissions of air pollutants from various industrial sources, including ouroperations, and also impose various monitoring and reporting requirements. Such laws and regulations may require a facility to obtain pre-approval forthe construction or modification of certain projects or facilities expected to produce air emissions or result in the increase of existing air emissions andobtain and strictly comply with air permits containing requirements. Many of our terminaling operations require air permits. These operations generally include volatile organic compound emissions (primarilyhydrocarbons) associated with truck loading activities and tank working and breathing losses. The sources of these emissions are strictly regulatedthrough the permitting process. Such regulation includes stringent control technology and extensive permit review and periodic renewal. The costinvolved in obtaining and renewing these permits is not material. Moreover, any of our facilities that emit volatile organic compounds or nitrogen oxides and are located in ozone non-attainment areas faceincreasingly stringent regulations, including requirements to install various levels of control technology on sources of pollutants. We believe that we arein substantial compliance with existing standards and regulations pursuant to the CAA and similar state and local laws, and we do not anticipate thatimplementation of additional regulations will have a material adverse effect on us. Congress and numerous states are currently considering proposed legislation directed at reducing "greenhouse gas emissions." It is not possible atthis time to predict how legislation that may be enacted to address greenhouse gas emissions would impact our operations. Although future laws andregulations could result in increased compliance costs or additional operating restrictions, they are not expected to have a material adverse effect on ourbusiness, financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Hazardous and Solid Waste. Our operations are subject to the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, or RCRA, andcomparable state laws, which impose detailed requirements for the handling, storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous and solid waste. All of ourterminal facilities are classified by the EPA as Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, except for Owensboro, Kentucky (which is currentlyclassified as a Large Quantity Generator, but is expected to be eligible for re-classification as a Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator in thenear future). Our terminals do not generate hazardous waste except in isolated and infrequent cases. At such times, only third party disposal sites whichhave been audited and approved by us are used. Our operations also generate solid wastes that are regulated under state law or the less stringent solidwaste requirements of RCRA. We believe that we are in substantial compliance with the existing requirements of RCRA and similar state and locallaws, and the cost involved in complying with these requirements is not material. Site Remediation. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, or CERCLA, alsoknown as the "Superfund" law, and comparable state laws impose liability without regard to fault or the legality of the original conduct, on certainclasses of persons responsible for the release of hazardous substances into the environment. Such classes of persons include the current and pastowners or operators of sites where a hazardous substance was released, and companies that disposed or arranged for disposal of hazardous substancesat offsite26Table of Contentslocations such as landfills. In the course of our operations we will generate wastes or handle substances that may fall within the definition of a"hazardous substance." CERCLA authorizes the EPA and, in some cases, third parties to take actions in response to threats to the public health or theenvironment and to seek to recover from the responsible classes of persons the costs they incur. Under CERCLA, we could be subject to joint andseveral liability for the costs of cleaning up and restoring sites where hazardous substances have been released, for damages to natural resources and forthe costs of certain health studies. We believe that we are in substantial compliance with the existing requirements of CERCLA. We currently own, lease, or operate numerous properties and facilities that for many years have been used for industrial activities, including refinedproduct terminaling operations. Hazardous substances, wastes, or hydrocarbons may have been released on or under the properties owned or leased byus, or on or under other locations where such substances have been taken for disposal. In addition, some of these properties have been operated by thirdparties or by previous owners whose treatment and disposal or release of hazardous substances, wastes, or hydrocarbons, was not under our control.These properties and the substances disposed or released on them may be subject to CERCLA, RCRA and analogous state laws. Under such laws, wecould be required to remove previously disposed substances and wastes (including substances disposed of or released by prior owners or operators) orremediate contaminated property (including groundwater contamination, whether from prior owners or operators or other historic activities or spills). Under an indemnification agreement, which contains the indemnification terms previously set forth in the omnibus agreement,TransMontaigne Inc. agreed to indemnify us against potential environmental claims, losses and expenses that were identified on or before May 27, 2010and that were associated with the ownership or operation of the Florida and Midwest terminals prior to May 27, 2005. TransMontaigne Inc.'s maximumliability for this indemnification obligation is $15.0 million and it has no obligation to indemnify us for aggregate losses until such losses exceed$250,000 in the aggregate. TransMontaigne Inc. has no indemnification obligations with respect to environmental claims made as a result of additions toor modifications of environmental laws promulgated after May 27, 2005. We have agreed to indemnify TransMontaigne Inc. against environmentalliabilities related to our facilities, to the extent these liabilities are not subject to TransMontaigne Inc.'s indemnification obligations. TransMontaigne Inc.estimates that the total cost for remediating the contamination at the Florida terminals will be between approximately $3.2 million and approximately$7.3 million. TransMontaigne Inc.'s activities are being administered in part by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection under stateadministered programs that encourage and help to fund all or a portion of the cleanup of contaminated sites. Under these programs,TransMontaigne Inc. has received, and believes that it is eligible to continue to receive, state reimbursement of a significant portion of the costsassociated with the remediation of the Florida terminals. As such, TransMontaigne Inc. believes that its share of the total remediation liability, net ofprobable reimbursements, will be between approximately $0.8 million and approximately $2.0 million. Under the purchase agreement for the Brownsville, Texas and River facilities, TransMontaigne Inc. agreed to indemnify us against potentialenvironmental claims, losses and expenses that are identified on or before December 31, 2011 and that are associated with the ownership or operation ofthe Brownsville and River facilities prior to December 31, 2006. Our environmental losses must first exceed $250,000 and TransMontaigne Inc.'sindemnification obligations are capped at $15.0 million. The cap amount does not apply to any environmental liabilities known to exist as ofDecember 31, 2006. TransMontaigne Inc. believes that its total remediation liability, net of probable reimbursements, for the Brownsville and Riverfacilities will be between approximately $0.2 million and approximately $0.8 million.27Table of Contents Under the purchase agreement for the Southeast facilities, TransMontaigne Inc. has agreed to indemnify us against potential environmental claims,losses and expenses that are identified on or before December 31, 2012 and that are associated with the ownership or operation of the SoutheastTerminals prior to December 31, 2007. Our environmental losses must first exceed $250,000 and TransMontaigne Inc.'s indemnification obligations arecapped at $15.0 million, which cap amount does not apply to any environmental liabilities known to exist as of December 31, 2007.TransMontaigne Inc. believes its total remediation liability for the Southeast facilities will be between approximately $1.4 million and approximately$2.6 million. Endangered Species Act. The Endangered Species Act restricts activities that may affect endangered or threatened species or their habitats.While some of our facilities are in areas that may be designated as habitat for endangered or threatened species, we believe that we are in substantialcompliance with the Endangered Species Act. However, the discovery of previously unidentified endangered or threatened species could cause us toincur additional costs or become subject to operating restrictions or bans in the affected area.Operational Hazards and Insurance Our terminal and pipeline facilities may experience damage as a result of an accident or natural disaster. These hazards can cause personal injuryand loss of life, severe damage to and destruction of property and equipment, pollution or environmental damage and suspension of operations.We maintain insurance of various types that we consider adequate to cover our operations, properties and loss of income at specified locations.Coverage for domestic acts of terrorism as defined in Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act 2007 are covered under certain casualtyinsurance policies. The insurance covers all of our facilities in amounts that we consider to be reasonable. The insurance policies are subject to deductibles that weconsider reasonable and not excessive. Our insurance does not cover every potential risk associated with operating terminals, pipelines and otherfacilities. Consistent with insurance coverage generally available to the industry, our insurance policies provide limited coverage for losses or liabilitiesrelating to pollution, with broader coverage for sudden and accidental occurrences. The damages associated with Hurricane Ike and other recent tropicalstorms, and their overall effect on the Gulf Coast property insurance industry have adversely impacted the availability and cost of coastal propertycoverage. We share insurance policies, including our general liability and pollution policies, with TransMontaigne Inc. These policies contain caps on theinsurer's maximum liability under the policy, and claims made by either of TransMontaigne Inc. or us are applied against the caps. The possibility existsthat, in any event in which we wish to make a claim under a shared insurance policy, our claim could be denied or only partially satisfied due to claimsmade by TransMontaigne Inc. against the policy cap.Tariff Regulation The Razorback pipeline, which runs between Mt. Vernon, Missouri and Rogers, Arkansas, and the Diamondback pipeline, which runs betweenBrownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico, transport petroleum products subject to regulation by the FERC under the Interstate Commerce Act andthe Energy Policy Act of 1992 and rules and orders promulgated under those statutes. FERC regulation requires that the rates of pipelines providinginterstate service, such as the Razorback and Diamondback pipelines, be filed at FERC and posted publicly, and that these rates be "just and reasonable"and nondiscriminatory. Such rates are currently regulated by the FERC primarily through an index methodology, whereby a pipeline is allowed tochange its rates based on the change from year to year in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (PPI-FG), plus a 1.3 percent adjustment for the28Table of Contentsperiod July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2011, and a 2.65 percent adjustment for the five-year period beginning July 1, 2011. In the alternative, interstatepipeline companies may elect to support rate filings by using a cost-of-service methodology, competitive market showings, or actual agreementsbetween shippers and the oil pipeline company. The FERC generally has not investigated interstate oil pipeline rates on its own initiative when those rates have not been the subject of a protest ora complaint by a shipper. A shipper or other party having a substantial economic interest in our rates could, however, challenge our rates. In response tosuch challenges, the FERC could investigate our rates. If our rates were successfully challenged, the amount of cash available for distribution tounitholders could be reduced. In the absence of a challenge to our rates, given our ability to utilize either filed rates as annually indexed or to utilize ratestied to cost of service methodology, competitive market showing, or actual agreements between shippers and us, we do not believe that FERC'sregulations governing oil pipeline ratemaking would have any negative material monetary impact on us unless the regulations were substantiallymodified in such a manner so as to effectively prevent a pipeline company's ability to earn a fair return for the shipment of petroleum products utilizingits transportation system, which we believe to be an unlikely scenario. On July 20, 2004, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, or D.C. Circuit, issued its opinion in BP West CoastProducts, LLC v. FERC, which vacated the portion of the FERC's decision applying the Lakehead policy, under which the FERC allowed a regulatedentity organized as a master limited partnership to include in its cost-of-service an income tax allowance to the extent that entity's unitholders werecorporations subject to income tax. On May 4, 2005, the FERC adopted a policy statement providing that all entities owning public utility assets—oiland gas pipelines and electric utilities—would be permitted to include an income tax allowance in their cost-of-service rates to reflect the actual orpotential income tax liability attributable to their public utility income, regardless of the form of ownership. Any tax pass-through entity seeking anincome tax allowance would have to establish that its partners or members have an actual or potential income tax obligation on the entity's public utilityincome. The FERC's new policy was subsequently challenged before the D.C. Circuit and on May 29, 2007, the D.C. Circuit denied the petitions forreview with respect to the income tax allowance issues. As the FERC continues to apply this policy in individual cases, the ultimate impact remainsuncertain. If the FERC were to act to substantially reduce or eliminate the right of a master limited partnership to include in its cost-of-service an incometax allowance to reflect actual or potential income tax liability on public utility income, it may affect the Razorback and Diamondback pipelines' ability tojustify their rates if challenged in a protest or complaint. In addition to being regulated by the FERC, we are required to maintain a Presidential Permit from the United States Department of State to operateand maintain the Diamondback pipeline, because the pipeline transports petroleum products across the international boundary line between the UnitedStates and Mexico. The Department of State's regulations do not affect our rates but do require the agency's approval for the international crossing. Wedo not believe that these regulations would have any negative material monetary impact on us unless the regulations were substantially modified, whichwe believe to be an unlikely scenario.Title to Properties The Razorback and Diamondback pipelines are generally constructed on easements and rights-of-way granted by the apparent record owners of theproperty and in some instances these grants are revocable at the election of the grantor. Several rights-of-way for the Razorback pipeline and other realproperty assets are shared with other pipelines and other assets owned by affiliates of TransMontaigne Inc. and by third parties. We have become awarethat the location of our Diamondback pipeline deviates from the boundaries of certain easements obtained when the pipeline was built. We currently areinvestigating the situation and negotiating with individual landowners regarding several of the easements for the Diamondback pipeline in the UnitedStates and Mexico and29Table of Contentsare involved in a lawsuit with one landowner to resolve a right-of-way dispute. In many instances, lands over which rights-of-way have been obtainedare subject to prior liens that have not been subordinated to the right-of-way grants. We have obtained permits from public authorities to cross over orunder, or to lay facilities in or along, watercourses, county roads, municipal streets, and state highways and, in some instances, these permits arerevocable at the election of the grantor. We have also obtained permits from railroad companies to cross over or under lands or rights-of-way, many ofwhich are also revocable at the grantor's election. In some cases, property for pipeline purposes was purchased in fee. Some of the leases, easements, rights-of-way, permits, licenses and franchise ordinances transferred to us will require the consent of the grantor totransfer these rights, which in some instances is a governmental entity. Our general partner has obtained or is in the process of obtaining sufficient third-party consents, permits, and authorizations for the transfer of the facilities necessary for us to operate our business in all material respects as describedin this annual report. With respect to any consents, permits, or authorizations that have not been obtained, our general partner believes that theseconsents, permits, or authorizations will be obtained, or that the failure to obtain these consents, permits, or authorizations would not have a materialadverse effect on the operation of our business. Our general partner believes that we have satisfactory title to all of our assets. Although title to these properties is subject to encumbrances in somecases, such as customary interests generally retained in connection with acquisition of real property, liens that can be imposed in some jurisdictions forgovernment-initiated action to clean up environmental contamination, liens for current taxes and other burdens, and easements, restrictions, and otherencumbrances to which the underlying properties were subject at the time of our acquisition, our general partner believes that none of these burdensshould materially detract from the value of these properties or from our interest in these properties or should materially interfere with their use in theoperation of our business.Employees TransMontaigne GP L.L.C. is our general partner and manages our operations and activities. TransMontaigne GP L.L.C. is an indirect whollyowned subsidiary of TransMontaigne Inc. Likewise, TransMontaigne Services Inc. is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of TransMontaigne Inc. andemploys the personnel who provide support to TransMontaigne Inc.'s operations, as well as our operations. As of February 28, 2012, TransMontaigneServices Inc. had approximately 587 employees, of whom 316 provide services directly to us. As of February 28, 2012, none of TransMontaigneServices Inc.'s employees who provide services directly to us were covered by a collective bargaining agreement. TransMontaigne Services Inc.considers its employee relations to be good.ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS Our business, operations and financial condition are subject to various risks. You should consider carefully the following risk factors, in additionto the other information set forth in this annual report in connection with any investment in our securities. Limited partner interests are inherentlydifferent from the capital stock of a corporation, although many of the business risks to which we are subject are similar to those that would be facedby a corporation engaged in a similar business. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition, results of operations orcash flows could be materially adversely affected. In that case, we might not be able to continue to make distributions on our common units at currentlevels, or at all. As a result of any of these risks, the market value of our common units representing limited partnership interests could decline, andinvestors could lose all or a part of their investment.30Table of ContentsRisks Inherent in Our Business We depend upon a relatively small number of customers for a substantial majority of our revenue. A substantial reduction of revenue fromone or more of these customers would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. We expect to derive a substantial majority of our revenue from a small number of significant customers for the foreseeable future. Events thatadversely affect the business operations of any one or more of our significant customers may adversely affect our financial condition or results ofoperations. Therefore, we are indirectly subject to the business risks of our significant customers, many of which are similar to the business risks weface. For example, a material decline in refined petroleum product supplies available to our customers, or a significant decrease in our customers' abilityto negotiate marketing contracts on favorable terms, could result in a material decline in the use of our tank capacity or throughput of product at ourterminal facilities, which would likely cause our revenue and results of operations to decline. In addition, if any of our significant customers were unableto meet its contractual commitments to us for any reason, then our revenue and cash flow would decline. We may not have sufficient cash from operations to enable us to maintain or grow the distribution to our unitholders followingestablishment of cash reserves and payment of fees and expenses, including payments to our general partner. The amount of cash we can distribute on our common units principally depends upon the amount of cash we generate from our operations, whichwill fluctuate from quarter to quarter based on, among other things:•the level of consumption of products in the markets in which we operate; •the prices we obtain for our services; •the level of our operating costs and expenses, including payments to our general partner; and •prevailing economic conditions. Additionally, the actual amount of cash we have available for distribution to our unitholders depends on other factors such as:•the level of capital expenditures we make; •the restrictions contained in our debt instruments and our debt service requirements; •fluctuations in our working capital needs; and •the amount, if any, of reserves, including reserves for future capital expenditures and other matters, established by our general partner inits discretion. The amount of cash we have available for distribution to our unitholders depends primarily on our cash flow, including cash flow from operationsand working capital borrowings, and not solely on profitability, which will be affected by non-cash items. As a result, we may make cash distributionsto our unitholders during periods when we incur net losses and may not make cash distributions to our unitholders during periods when we generate netearnings. We may not be able to obtain debt or equity financing on terms that are favorable to us, if at all, and we may be required to fund our workingcapital requirements principally on cash generated by our operations and borrowings under our amended and restated senior secured credit facility. As aresult, we may not be able to maintain or grow our quarterly distribution to our unitholders.31Table of Contents The obligations of several of our key customers under their terminaling services agreements may be reduced or suspended in somecircumstances, which would adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. Our agreements with several of our significant customers provide that, if any of a number of events occur, which we refer to as events of forcemajeure, and the event renders performance impossible with respect to a facility, usually for a specified minimum period of days, our customer'sobligations would be temporarily suspended with respect to that facility. Force majeure events include, but are not limited to, wars, acts of enemies,embargoes, import or export restrictions, strikes, lockouts, acts of nature, including fires, storms, floods, hurricanes, explosions and mechanical orphysical failures of our equipment or facilities or those of third parties. In the event of a force majeure, a significant customer's minimum revenuecommitment may be reduced or the contract may be subject to termination. As a result, our revenue and results of operations could be materiallyadversely affected. If one or more of our current terminaling services agreements is terminated or expires and we are unable to secure comparable alternativearrangements, our financial condition and results of operations will be adversely affected. We have terminaling services agreements that expire on various dates ranging from 2012 to 2018. After the expiration of each of these terminalingservices agreements, the customers may elect not to continue to engage us to provide services. In addition, even if a customer does engage us, the termsof any renegotiated agreement may be less favorable than the agreement it replaces. In either case, we may not be able to generate sufficient additionalrevenue from third parties to replace any shortfall in revenue or increase in costs. Additionally, we may incur substantial costs if modifications to ourterminals are required by a new or renegotiated terminaling services agreement. To the extent a customer does not extend or renew a terminaling servicesagreement, if we extend or renew such a terminaling services agreement on less favorable terms or if we must incur substantial costs in relation to a newor renegotiated terminaling services agreement, our financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. Our continued working capital requirements, distributions to unitholders and expansion programs may require access to additional capital.Tightened credit markets or more expensive capital could impair our ability to maintain or grow our operations, or to fund distributions to ourunitholders. Our primary liquidity needs are to fund our working capital requirements, distributions to unitholders, approved capital projects and futureexpansion, development and acquisition opportunities. Our amended and restated senior secured credit facility provides for a maximum borrowing lineof credit equal to $250 million, which may be increased by up to an additional $100 million subject to the approval of the administrative agent and thereceipt of additional commitments from one or more lenders. At December 31, 2011, our outstanding borrowings were $120 million. At December 31,2011, we have capital projects that currently are or will be under construction with estimated completion dates that extend through June 31, 2012,pursuant to which we expect to incur between $12 million and $15 million in remaining capital expenditures. We expect to fund these capitalexpenditures primarily with additional borrowings under our amended and restated senior secured credit facility. If we cannot obtain adequate financingto complete the approved capital projects while maintaining our current operations, we may not be able to continue to operate our business as it iscurrently conducted, or we may be unable to maintain or grow the quarterly distribution to our unitholders. Moreover, our long term business strategies include acquiring additional energy-related terminaling and transportation facilities and furtherexpansion of our existing terminal capacity. We will need to raise additional funds to grow our business and implement these strategies. We anticipatethat such additional funds would be raised through equity or debt financings. Any equity or debt financing, if available at all, may not be on terms thatare favorable to us. Limitations on our access to capital,32Table of Contentsincluding on our ability to issue additional debt and equity, could result from events or causes beyond our control, and could include, among otherfactors, significant increases in interest rates, increases in the risk premium required by investors, generally or for investments in energy-relatedcompanies or master limited partnerships, decreases in the availability of credit or the tightening of terms required by lenders. An inability to access thecapital markets may result in a substantial increase in our leverage and have a detrimental impact on our creditworthiness. If we cannot obtain adequatefinancing, we may not be able to fully implement our business strategies, and our business, results of operations and financial condition would beadversely affected. Morgan Stanley Capital Group, which is our largest customer and controls our general partner, is owned by Morgan Stanley. MorganStanley is a bank holding company under applicable federal banking law and regulations, which impose limitations on Morgan Stanley's ability toconduct certain nonbanking activities, or to retain or make certain investments. If the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Systemdetermines that certain of Morgan Stanley's activities or investments are not permissible, or if legislative and regulatory developments causeMorgan Stanley to change its business strategy as it relates to our activities and investments, Morgan Stanley (i) may cause us to discontinue anysuch activity or divest any such investment, or (ii) may transfer control of our general partner to an unaffiliated third party. Our general partner is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc., which, in turn, is a wholly-owned subsidiary ofMorgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley is a "bank holding company," due to its ownership of Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., subject to consolidatedsupervision and regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or FRB, under the Bank Holding Company Act, or BHC Act.Morgan Stanley qualifies as a bank holding company that is a "financial holding company." As a financial holding company, Morgan Stanley will generally be able to engage in any activity that is financial in nature, incidental to a financialactivity or complementary to a financial activity in conformance with the BHC Act. Under certain circumstances and with the approval of the Board ofGovernors of the FRB, any company that becomes a bank holding company may have up to five years to conform its existing activities and investmentsto the BHC Act. When a company becomes a financial holding company, the BHC Act grandfathers "activities related to the trading, sale or investmentin commodities and underlying physical properties," provided that the financial holding company conducted any such type of activities as ofSeptember 30, 1997 and provided that certain other conditions are satisfied. In addition, the BHC Act permits the FRB to determine by regulation ororder that certain activities are complementary to a financial activity and do not pose a risk to safety and soundness. The FRB has previously determinedthat a range of commodities activities are either financial in nature, incidental to a financial activity, or complementary to a financial activity. In 2009, Morgan Stanley advised us that its internal review reached the conclusion that all of our activities and investments are permissible underthe BHC Act. To the extent that the FRB has not yet completed its review of these activities and investments, the FRB could conclude that certain of ouractivities or investments will not be deemed permissible under the BHC Act. If so, Morgan Stanley (i) may cause us to discontinue any such activity ordivest any such investment or (ii) may transfer control of our general partner to an unaffiliated third party, prior to the end of the referenced graceperiod. We are unable to predict whether, if either of these actions is required, it would have a material adverse impact on our financial condition orresults of operations. Upon becoming a financial holding company in 2008, Morgan Stanley became subject to the consolidated supervision and regulation of the FRB.As a result, our general partner, which is an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, and the Partnership are now also subject to suchsupervision and regulation. We are currently unable to predict whether becoming subject to the consolidated supervision and regulation affectingMorgan Stanley as a financial holding company will have a material impact on us, or what any such impact may be.33Table of Contents In addition, on July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or Dodd-Frank Act, was enacted. The Dodd-Frank Act contains various provisions that, among other things, affect financial firms, including financial holding companies, and amend various BankHolding Company Act provisions that affect the restrictions and prohibitions on the activities and investments of financial holding companies. The FRBand other regulatory agencies are required to issue regulations that carry out the intent of the Dodd-Frank Act's provisions. Although many newregulations remain to be written and adopted to implement the Dodd-Frank Act, including the proposed "Volcker Rule," Morgan Stanley has informedus that, based upon its internal review, Morgan Stanley has not yet identified any provision under the Dodd-Frank Act nor the regulations adopted or tobe adopted thereunder that would appear to change its conclusion at this time that all of our activities and investments are permissible under theBHC Act. We are currently unable to predict whether Morgan Stanley's becoming subject to the consolidated supervision and regulation as a financial holdingcompany, or any future changes in the statutes and regulations governing the activities of financial holding companies, will have a material impact on us,or what any such impact may be, including whether Morgan Stanley's business strategy with respect to our activities or investments would be affected.We are therefore unable to predict whether Morgan Stanley will cause us to discontinue any such activities or investments, or whether Morgan Stanleywill transfer control of our general partner to an unaffiliated third party. We are, therefore, also unable to predict whether, if either of these actions istaken, it would have a material adverse impact on our financial condition or results of operation. We also cannot currently predict whether, if MorganStanley is required to transfer control of our general partner to an unaffiliated third party, it would materially affect our relationship with Morgan StanleyCapital Group, or materially adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition. Morgan Stanley has informed us that, for the foreseeable future, it does not expect to approve any "significant" acquisition or investmentthat we may propose, which will severely constrain or curtail our ability to grow our business and could reduce the potential for increasingdistributions on our common units, could adversely affect the tax characteristics of an investment in our units for some of our unitholders andcould cause the market price of our units to decline. Morgan Stanley, which indirectly controls our general partner, informed us in October 2011 that, for the foreseeable future, it does not expect toapprove any "significant" acquisition or investment that we may propose. Morgan Stanley indicated that it has not established a specific definition ofwhat constitutes a "significant" investment and significance may be determined on either a quantitative or qualitative basis, depending on the facts andcircumstances and relevant legal and regulatory considerations. Morgan Stanley has informed us they will review on a case by case basis each proposedtransaction to determine its significance, whether an acquisition of, or investment in, assets or legal entities and that an acquisition of, or investment in, aminority interest or joint venture interest may be "significant" without respect to the size of the transaction. The practical effect of these limitations is tosignificantly constrain our ability to expand our asset base and operations through acquisitions from third parties. These constraints will reduce thepotential for increasing our distributions to unitholders in the future. In addition, these constraints will limit additions to our capital assets primarily toadditions and improvements that we construct or add to our existing facilities, although some acquisitions of assets from third parties may be possible tothe extent approved by Morgan Stanley. As a result, we may not be able to add to our capital asset base quickly enough to prevent our tax depreciationfrom declining in the future, which could adversely affect the tax characteristics of an investment in our units for some of our unit holders as discussedunder "Tax Risks," below, and could cause the market price of our units to decline. Morgan Stanley's decision regarding limitations on its approval of acquisitions or investments that we may propose is the result of the uncertainregulatory environment relating to Morgan Stanley's34Table of Contentsstatus as a financial holding company subject to the Bank Holding Company Act, or BHC Act, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Act, and consolidatedsupervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or FRB, including uncertainty surrounding the application of regulations underthe BHC Act affecting the acquisition and ownership of non-financial business activities. In particular, as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act (including theproposed Volcker Rule), Morgan Stanley is subject to significantly revised and expanded regulation and supervision, to more intensive scrutiny of itsbusinesses and any plans for expansion of those businesses and to limitations on engaging in new business activities which, in turn, affectTransMontaigne Partners by virtue of Morgan Stanley having control of our business activities through its indirect ownership of our general partner.The Dodd-Frank Act and the mandates it includes for further regulatory actions are part of a trend to increase regulatory supervision of the financialindustry. As a result of this trend, including further legislative or regulatory changes, Morgan Stanley's ability to own and operate our general partner orits business strategies with respect to operating our general partner and TransMontaigne Partners may change significantly in ways that we cannotcurrently predict with certainty. We are currently unable to predict how the impact of Morgan Stanley's decision and such regulatory developments willaffect Morgan Stanley's commodities business or the growth or development of our business and results of operations. A sustained, material decrease inour ability to pursue opportunities for future growth could materially adversely affect the market price of our common units. Together, Morgan Stanley Capital Group and TransMontaigne Inc. are our largest customer and we receive a substantial majority of ourrevenue from them. Material changes to Morgan Stanley's commodities business, if any, as a result of the changing regulatory environment mayhave a material adverse impact on our business. Together, Morgan Stanley Capital Group and TransMontaigne Inc. are our largest customer and we receive a substantial majority of our revenuefrom them. As noted above, we and our general partner are subject to and affected by significantly revised and expanded regulation and supervision,and there is considerable uncertainty in this regulatory environment, including the interpretation of the Volcker Rule, as proposed in October 2011 andfor which the comment period ended on February 13, 2012. We are unable to predict what the final version of the Volcker Rule will be or the impact itmay have on Morgan Stanley's business, including its commodities business. Material changes to Morgan Stanley's commodities business, if any,resulting from the changing regulatory environment may have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Although we cannot predict whether such circumstances will result in any material changes to Morgan Stanley's commodities business, if any suchchanges occur, they may have a material adverse impact on our business. For example, if Morgan Stanley Capital Group's or TransMontaigne Inc.'scommodities business were to change as a result of the changing regulatory environment such that they would be unable to renew our terminalingservices agreements or utilize our terminals and facilities at current levels, we would need to seek new or expanded terminaling relationships with newcustomers or our other existing customers. We cannot be certain that we would be able to replace all of the revenues on account of capacity currentlyused by Morgan Stanley Capital Group and TransMontaigne Inc. at or prior to the termination of our current agreements. In addition, depending onmarket and other conditions, we may have to accept agreements with new customers on terms that are less favorable to us than the terms of our currentagreements with Morgan Stanley Capital Group and TransMontaigne Inc. Additionally, we may incur costs for modifications to our terminals requiredby new customers. Any of these factors may adversely affect our ability to generate sufficient additional revenue and income to replace all of therevenue and income we earn under our current agreements, which may materially adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.35Table of Contents If we do not make acquisitions or make acquisitions on economically acceptable terms, any future growth of our business will be limited andthe price of our limited partnership units may be adversely affected. Our ability to grow has been dependent principally on our ability to make acquisitions that are attractive because they are expected to result in anincrease in our quarterly distributions to unitholders. As discussed above, Morgan Stanley informed us in October 2011 that, for the foreseeable future,it does not expect to approve any "significant" acquisition or investment that we may propose. Morgan Stanley's decision will severely limit our abilityto grow our business for the foreseeable future and may have an adverse effect on the price of our common units representing limited partnershipinterests or on the tax characteristics of an investment in our common units. To the extent Morgan Stanley approves any acquisition we may propose, our ability to acquire facilities will be based, in part, on divestitures ofproduct terminal and transportation facilities by large industry participants. A material decrease in such divestitures could therefore limit ouropportunities for future acquisitions. In addition, we may be unable to make attractive acquisitions for any of the additional following reasons, among others:•because we are outbid by competitors, some of which are substantially larger than us and have greater financial resources and lowercosts of capital than we do; •because we are unable to identify attractive acquisition candidates or negotiate acceptable purchase contracts with them, or acceptableterminaling services contracts with them or another customer; or •because we are unable to raise financing for such acquisitions on economically acceptable terms. If we consummate future acquisitions, our capitalization and results of operations may change significantly, and unitholders will not have theopportunity to evaluate the economic, financial and other relevant information that we will consider in determining the application of our capitalresources. Any acquisitions we make are subject to substantial risks, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. Any acquisition involves potential risks, including risks that we may:•fail to realize anticipated benefits, such as cost-savings or cash flow enhancements; •decrease our liquidity by using a significant portion of our available cash or borrowing capacity to finance acquisitions; •significantly increase our interest expense or financial leverage if we incur additional debt to finance acquisitions; •encounter difficulties operating in new geographic areas or new lines of business; •incur or assume unanticipated liabilities, losses or costs associated with the business or assets acquired for which we are not indemnifiedor for which the indemnity is inadequate; •be unable to hire, train or retain qualified personnel to manage and operate our growing business and assets; •less effectively manage our historical assets because of the diversion of management's attention; or •incur other significant charges, such as impairment of goodwill or other intangible assets, asset devaluation or restructuring charges.36Table of Contents If any acquisitions we ultimately consummate result in one or more of these outcomes, our financial condition and results of operations may beadversely affected. For example, effective December 31, 2007, we acquired the Diamondback Pipeline running from Brownsville, Texas to Matamoros, Mexico, withassociated rights of way and easements. In late 2008 and early 2009, we were notified that the location of the pipeline deviates in certain respects fromthe easements granted in connection with its construction. We are continuing to investigate the situation and negotiate with individual landownersregarding several of the easements for the pipelines in the United States and Mexico and are currently involved in a lawsuit with one landowner toresolve a right-of-way dispute. In the event we are unable to correct the easements and are instead required to relocate a portion of the Diamondbackpipeline to conform with the current easements, we could incur significant costs and our results of operations and cash flows may be adversely affected. A significant decrease in demand for refined products due to high prices, alternative fuel sources, new technologies or adverse economicconditions may cause one or more of our significant customers to reduce their use of our tank capacity and throughput volumes at our terminalfacilities, which would adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. The recent volatile market conditions, economic recession resulting in lower consumer spending on gasolines, distillates and travel, and high pricesof refined products may cause a reduction in demand for refined products, which could result in a material decline in the use of our tank capacity orthroughput of product at our terminal facilities. Additionally, the continued volatility in the price of refined products may render our customers' hedgingactivities ineffective, which could cause one or more of our significant customers to decrease their supply and marketing activities in order to reducetheir exposure to price fluctuations. Additional factors that could lead to a decrease in market demand for refined products include:•an increase in the market price of crude oil that leads to higher refined product prices; •higher fuel taxes or other governmental or other regulatory actions that increase, directly or indirectly, the cost of gasolines or otherrefined products; •a shift by consumers to more fuel-efficient or alternative fuel vehicles or an increase in fuel economy, whether as a result of technologicaladvances by manufacturers, pending legislation proposing to mandate higher fuel economy or otherwise; or •an increase in the use of alternative fuel sources, such as ethanol, biodiesel, fuel cells and solar, electric and battery-powered engines. Mergers between our existing customers and our competitors could provide strong economic incentives for the combined entities to utilize theirexisting systems instead of ours in those markets where the systems compete. As a result, we could lose some or all of the volumes and associatedrevenues from these customers and we could experience difficulty in replacing those lost volumes and revenues. Because most of our operating costs are fixed, any decrease in throughput volumes at our terminal facilities, would likely result not only in adecrease in our revenue, but also a decline in cash flow of a similar magnitude, which would adversely affect our results of operations, financial positionand cash flows and may impair our ability to make quarterly distributions to our unitholders.37Table of Contents Our debt levels may limit our flexibility in obtaining additional financing and in pursuing other business opportunities. Our level of debt could have important consequences to us. For example our level of debt could:•impair our ability to obtain additional financing, if necessary, for distributions to unitholders, working capital, capital expenditures,acquisitions or other purposes; •require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow to make principal and interest payments on our debt, reducing the funds thatwould otherwise be available for operations and future business opportunities; •make us more vulnerable to competitive pressures, changes in interest rates or a downturn in our business or the economy generally; •impair our ability to make quarterly distributions to our unitholders; and •limit our flexibility in responding to changing business and economic conditions. If our operating results are not sufficient to service our current or future indebtedness, we will be forced to take actions such as reducingdistributions, reducing or delaying our business activities, acquisitions, investments or capital expenditures, selling assets, restructuring or refinancingour debt, or seeking additional equity capital. We may not be able to affect any of these actions on satisfactory terms, or at all. Our amended and restated senior secured credit facility also contains covenants limiting our ability to make distributions to unitholders in certaincircumstances. In addition, our amended and restated senior secured credit facility contains various covenants that limit, among other things, our abilityto incur indebtedness, grant liens or enter into a merger, consolidation or sale of assets. Furthermore, our amended and restated senior secured creditfacility contains covenants requiring us to maintain certain financial ratios and tests. Any future breach of any of these covenants or our failure to meetany of these ratios or conditions could result in a default under the terms of our amended and restated senior secured credit facility, which could result inacceleration of our debt and other financial obligations. If we were unable to repay those amounts, the lenders could initiate a bankruptcy proceeding orliquidation proceeding or proceed against the collateral. We are exposed to the credit risks of Morgan Stanley Capital Group and TransMontaigne Inc. and our other significant customers, whichcould affect our creditworthiness. Any material nonpayment or nonperformance by such customers could also adversely affect our financialcondition and results of operations. Because of Morgan Stanley Capital Group's and TransMontaigne Inc.'s ownership interest in and control of us, the strong operational linksbetween Morgan Stanley Capital Group and TransMontaigne Inc. and us and our reliance on Morgan Stanley Capital Group and TransMontaigne Inc.for a substantial majority of our revenue, if one or more credit rating agencies were to view unfavorably the credit quality of Morgan Stanley CapitalGroup or TransMontaigne Inc., we could experience an increase in our borrowing costs or difficulty accessing capital markets. Such a developmentcould adversely affect our ability to grow our business. We have various credit terms with virtually all of our customers, and our customers have varying degrees of creditworthiness. Although weevaluate the creditworthiness of each of our customers, we may not always be able to fully anticipate or detect deterioration in their creditworthiness andoverall financial condition, which could expose us to risks of loss resulting from nonpayment or nonperformance by our other significant customers.Some of our significant customers may be highly leveraged and subject to their own operating and regulatory risks. Any material nonpayment ornonperformance by our other significant customers could require us to pursue substitute customers for38Table of Contentsour affected assets or provide alternative services. There can be no assurance that any such efforts would be successful or would provide similar fees.These events could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. Competition from other terminals and pipelines that are able to supply our customers with storage capacity at a lower price could adverselyaffect our financial condition and results of operations. We face competition from other terminals and pipelines that may be able to supply our customers with integrated terminaling services on a morecompetitive basis. We compete with national, regional and local terminal and pipeline companies, including the major integrated oil companies, of widelyvarying sizes, financial resources and experience. Our ability to compete could be harmed by factors we cannot control, including:•price competition from terminal and transportation companies, some of which are substantially larger than us and have greater financialresources and control substantially greater product storage capacity, than we do; •the perception that another company may provide better service; and •the availability of alternative supply points or supply points located closer to our customers' operations. If we are unable to compete with services offered by other enterprises, our financial condition and results of operations would be adverselyaffected. Adverse economic conditions periodically result in weakness and volatility in the capital markets, that may limit, temporarily or for extendedperiods, the ability of one or more of our significant customers to secure financing arrangements adequate to purchase their desired volume ofproduct, which could reduce use of our tank capacity and throughput volumes at our terminal facilities and adversely affect our financialcondition and results of operations. Domestic and international economic conditions affect the functioning of capital markets and the availability of credit. Adverse economicconditions, such as those prevalent during the recent recessionary period, periodically result in weakness and volatility in the capital markets, which inturn can limit, temporarily or for extended periods, the credit available to various enterprises, including those involved in the supply and marketing ofrefined products. As a result of these conditions, some of our customers may suffer short or long-term reductions in their ability to finance their supplyand marketing activities, or may voluntarily elect to reduce their supply and marketing activities in order to preserve working capital. A significantdecrease in our customers' ability to secure financing arrangements adequate to support their historic refined product throughput volumes could result ina material decline in use of our tank capacity or the throughput of refined product at our terminal facilities. We may not be able to generate sufficientadditional revenue from third parties to replace any shortfall in revenue from our current customers, which would likely cause our revenue and results ofoperations to decline and may impair our ability to make quarterly distributions to our unitholders. Our business involves many hazards and operational risks, including adverse weather conditions, which could cause us to incur substantialliabilities and increased operating costs. Our operations are subject to the many hazards inherent in the terminaling and transportation of products, including:•leaks or accidental releases of products or other materials into the environment, whether as a result of human error or otherwise;39Table of Contents•extreme weather conditions, such as hurricanes, tropical storms, and rough seas, which are common along the Gulf Coast; •explosions, fires, accidents, mechanical malfunctions, faulty measurement and other operating errors; and •acts of terrorism or vandalism. If any of these events were to occur, we could suffer substantial losses because of personal injury or loss of life, severe damage to and destructionof storage tanks, pipelines and related property and equipment, and pollution or other environmental damage resulting in curtailment or suspension ofour related operations and potentially substantial unanticipated costs for the repair or replacement of property and environmental cleanup. In addition, ifwe suffer accidental releases or spills of products at our terminals or pipelines, we could be faced with material third-party costs and liabilities, includingthose relating to claims for damages to property and persons and governmental claims for natural resource damages or fines or penalties for relatedviolations of environmental laws or regulations. We are not fully insured against all risks to our business and if losses in excess of our insurancecoverage were to occur, they could have a material adverse effect on our operations. Furthermore, events like hurricanes can affect large geographicalareas which can cause us to suffer additional costs and delays in connection with subsequent repairs and operations because contractors and otherresources are not available, or are only available at substantially increased costs following widespread catastrophes. In the event we are required to refinance our existing debt in unfavorable market conditions, we may have to pay higher interest rates and besubject to more stringent financial covenants, which could adversely affect our results of operations and may impair our ability to make quarterlydistributions to our unitholders. On March 9, 2011, we entered into an amended and restated senior secured credit facility that replaced the senior secured credit facility in itsentirety. Our amended and restated senior secured credit facility matures by its terms in March 2016. At December 31, 2011, we had outstandingborrowings of $120 million. Our amended and restated senior secured credit facility provides that we pay interest on outstanding balances at interestrates based on market rates plus specified margins, ranging from 2% to 3% depending on the total leverage ratio in the case of loans with interest ratesbased on LIBOR, or ranging from 1% to 2% depending on the total leverage ratio in the case of loans with interest rates based on the base rate. In theevent we are required to refinance our amended and restated senior secured credit facility in unfavorable market conditions, we may have to pay interestat higher rates on outstanding borrowings and may be subject to more stringent financial covenants than we have today, which could adversely affectour results of operations and may impair our ability to make quarterly distributions to our unitholders. We are not fully insured against all risks incident to our business, and could incur substantial liabilities as a result. We may not be able to maintain or obtain insurance of the type and amount we desire at reasonable rates. As a result of market conditions,premiums and deductibles for certain of our insurance policies have increased substantially, and could escalate further. In some instances, certaininsurance could become unavailable or available only for reduced amounts of coverage. For example, our insurance carriers require broad exclusions forlosses due to terrorist acts. If we were to incur a significant liability for which we were not fully insured, it could have a material adverse effect on ourfinancial condition. In accordance with typical industry practice, we do not have any property or title insurance on the Razorback and Diamondbackpipelines. We share insurance policies, including our general liability and pollution policies, with TransMontaigne Inc. These policies contain caps on theinsurer's maximum liability under the policy, and claims made by either of TransMontaigne Inc. or us are applied against the caps. In the event we40Table of Contentsreach the cap, we would seek to acquire additional insurance in the marketplace; however, we can provide no assurance that such insurance would beavailable or if available, at a reasonable cost. The possibility exists that, in any event in which we wish to make a claim under a shared insurance policy,our claim could be denied or only partially satisfied due to claims made by TransMontaigne Inc. against the policy cap. Expanding our business by constructing new facilities subjects us to risks that the project may not be completed on schedule and that thecosts associated with the project may exceed our estimates or budgeted costs, which could adversely affect our financial condition and resultsof operations. The construction of additions or modifications to our existing terminal and transportation facilities, and the construction of new terminals andpipelines, involves numerous regulatory, environmental, political, legal and operational uncertainties beyond our control and requires the expenditure ofsignificant amounts of capital. If we undertake these projects, they may not be completed on schedule or at all and may exceed the budgeted cost. If weexperience material cost overruns, we would have to finance these overruns using cash from operations, delaying other planned projects, incurringadditional indebtedness, or issuing additional equity. Any or all of these methods may not be available when needed or may adversely affect our futureresults of operations and cash flows. Moreover, our revenue may not increase immediately upon the expenditure of funds on a particular project. Forinstance, if we construct additional storage capacity, the construction may occur over an extended period of time, and we will not receive any materialincreases in revenue until the project is completed. Moreover, we may construct additional storage capacity to capture anticipated future growth inconsumption of products in a market in which such growth does not materialize. Because of our lack of asset diversification, adverse developments in our terminals or pipeline operations could adversely affect our revenueand cash flows. We rely exclusively on the revenue generated from our terminals and pipeline operations. Because of our lack of diversification in asset type, anadverse development in these businesses would have a significantly greater impact on our financial condition and results of operations than if wemaintained more diverse assets. Our operations are subject to governmental laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment that may expose us tosignificant costs and liabilities. Our business is subject to the jurisdiction of numerous governmental agencies that enforce complex and stringent laws and regulations with respectto a wide range of environmental, safety and other regulatory matters. We could be adversely affected by increased costs resulting from more strictpollution control requirements or liabilities resulting from non-compliance with required operating or other regulatory permits. New environmental lawsand regulations might adversely impact our activities, including the transportation, storage and distribution of petroleum products. Federal, state andlocal agencies also could impose additional safety requirements, any of which could affect our profitability. Furthermore, our failure to comply withenvironmental or safety related laws and regulations also could result in the assessment of administrative, civil and criminal penalties, the imposition ofinvestigatory and remedial obligations and even the issuance of injunctions that restrict or prohibit the performance of our operations. Federal, state and local agencies also have the authority to prescribe specific product quality specifications of refined products. Changes in productquality specifications or blending requirements could reduce our throughput volume, require us to incur additional handling costs or require capitalexpenditures. For example, different product specifications for different markets impact the fungibility of the products in our system and could requirethe construction of additional storage. If we are unable41Table of Contentsto recover these costs through increased revenues, our cash flows and ability to pay cash distributions could be adversely affected. Terrorist attacks, and the threat of terrorist attacks, have resulted in increased costs to our business. Continued hostilities in the Middle Eastor other sustained military campaigns may adversely impact our ability to make distributions to our unitholders. The long-term impact of terrorist attacks, such as the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, and the threat of future terrorist attacks, on theenergy transportation industry in general, and on us in particular, is impossible to predict. Increased security measures that we have taken as aprecaution against possible terrorist attacks have resulted in increased costs to our business. Uncertainty surrounding continued hostilities in the MiddleEast or other sustained military campaigns may affect our operations in unpredictable ways, including the possibility that infrastructure facilities couldbe direct targets of, or indirect casualties of, an act of terrorism. Many of our storage tanks and portions of our pipeline system have been in service for several decades that could result in increasedmaintenance or remediation expenditures, which could adversely affect our results of operations and our ability to pay cash distributions. Our pipeline and storage assets are generally long-lived assets. As a result, some of those assets have been in service for many decades. The ageand condition of these assets could result in increased maintenance or remediation expenditures. Any significant increase in these expenditures couldadversely affect our results of operations, financial position and cash flows, as well as our ability to pay cash distributions. Climate change legislation or regulations restricting emissions of "greenhouse gases" or setting fuel economy or air quality standards couldresult in increased operating costs or reduced demand for the refined petroleum products that we transport, store or otherwise handle inconnection with our business. New environmental laws and regulations, including new federal or state regulations relating to alternative energy sources and the risk of globalclimate change, increased governmental enforcement or other developments could increase our costs in complying with environmental and safetyregulations and require us to make additional unforeseen expenditures. On December 15, 2009, the EPA officially published its findings that emissionsof carbon dioxide, methane and other "greenhouse gases" endanger human health and the environment because emissions of such gases are, accordingto the EPA, contributing to the warming of the earth's atmosphere and other climatic changes. These findings by the EPA allow the agency to proceedwith the adoption and implementation of regulations that would restrict emissions of greenhouse gases under existing provisions of the federal CleanAir Act ("CAA"). Moreover, more than one-third of the states, either individually or through multi-state regional initiatives, have already begunimplementing legal measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. While it is not possible at this time to fully predict how legislation or new regulations that may be adopted in the United States to addressgreenhouse gas emissions would impact our business, new legislation or regulatory programs that restrict emissions of greenhouse gases in areas wherewe conduct business could, depending on the particular program adopted, increase our costs to operate and maintain our facilities, measure and reportour emissions, install new emission controls on our facilities and administer and manage a greenhouse gas emissions program. Laws or regulationsregarding fuel economy, air quality or greenhouse gas emissions could also include efficiency requirements or other methods of curbing carbonemissions that could adversely affect demand for the refined petroleum products, natural gas and other hydrocarbon products that we transport, store orotherwise handle in connection with our business. A significant decrease in demand for petroleum42Table of Contentsproducts would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. In addition, some scientists have concluded that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere may produce climatechanges that have significant physical effects, such as increased frequency and severity of storms, droughts, floods and other climate events; if any sucheffects were to occur, they could have an adverse effect on our assets and operations.Risks Inherent in an Investment in Us TransMontaigne Inc. controls our general partner, which has sole responsibility for conducting our business and managing ouroperations. TransMontaigne Inc. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group have conflicts of interest and limited fiduciary duties, which may permitthem to favor their own interests to our detriment. TransMontaigne GP L.L.C. is our general partner and manages our operations and activities. TransMontaigne GP L.L.C. is an indirect whollyowned subsidiary of TransMontaigne Inc. Likewise, TransMontaigne Services Inc. is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of TransMontaigne Inc. andemploys the personnel who provide support to TransMontaigne Inc.'s operations, as well as our operations. TransMontaigne Inc., in turn, is whollyowned by Morgan Stanley Capital Group, which is the principal commodities trading arm of Morgan Stanley. Neither our general partner nor its boardof directors is elected by our unitholders and our unitholders have no right to elect our general partner or its board of directors on an annual or othercontinuing basis. Furthermore, it may be difficult for unitholders to remove our general partner without its consent because our general partner and itsaffiliates own units representing approximately 22.1% of our aggregate outstanding limited partner interests. The vote of the holders of at least 662/3%of all outstanding common units, including any common units owned by our general partner and its affiliates, but excluding the general partner interest,voting together as a single class, is required to remove our general partner. Additionally, any or all of the provisions of our omnibus agreement with TransMontaigne Inc., other than the indemnification provisions, will beterminable by TransMontaigne Inc. at its option if our general partner is removed without cause and common units held by our general partner and itsaffiliates are not voted in favor of that removal. Cause is narrowly defined in the omnibus agreement to mean that a court of competent jurisdiction hasentered a final, non-appealable judgment finding our general partner liable for actual fraud or willful or wanton misconduct in its capacity as our generalpartner. Cause does not include most cases of charges of poor management of the business. All of the executive officers of our general partner are affiliated with TransMontaigne Inc. and three of our general partner's directors are affiliatedwith Morgan Stanley Capital Group. Therefore, conflicts of interest may arise between TransMontaigne Inc. and its affiliates, including Morgan StanleyCapital Group and our general partner, on the one hand, and us and our unitholders, on the other hand. In resolving those conflicts of interest, ourgeneral partner may favor its own interests and the interests of its affiliates over the interests of our unitholders. The following are potential conflicts of interest:•TransMontaigne Inc. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group, as users of our pipeline and terminals, have economic incentives not to causeus to seek higher tariffs or higher terminaling service fees, even if such higher rates or terminaling service fees would reflect rates thatcould be obtained in arm's- length, third-party transactions. •Morgan Stanley Capital Group, TransMontaigne Inc. and their affiliates may engage in competition with us under certain circumstances.43Table of Contents•Neither our partnership agreement nor any other agreement requires TransMontaigne Inc. or Morgan Stanley Capital Group to pursue abusiness strategy that favors us. This entitles our general partner to consider only the interests and factors that it desires, and it has noduty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of, or factors affecting, us, our affiliates or any limited partner.TransMontaigne Inc.'s and Morgan Stanley Capital Group's respective directors and officers have fiduciary duties to make decisions inthe best interests of those companies, which may be contrary to our interests or the interests of our other customers. •Our general partner is allowed to take into account the interests of parties other than us, such as TransMontaigne Inc. and MorganStanley Capital Group, in resolving conflicts of interest. Specifically, in determining whether a transaction or resolution is "fair andreasonable," our general partner may consider the totality of the relationships between the parties involved, including other transactionsthat may be particularly advantageous or beneficial to us. •Officers of TransMontaigne Inc. who provide services to us also devote significant time to the businesses of TransMontaigne Inc., andare compensated by TransMontaigne Inc. for the services rendered to it. •Our general partner has limited its liability and reduced its fiduciary duties, and also has restricted the remedies available to ourunitholders for actions that, without the limitations, might constitute breaches of fiduciary duty. Our general partner will not have anyliability to us or our unitholders for decisions made in its capacity as a general partner so long as it acted in good faith, meaning itbelieved that its decision was in the best interests of our partnership. •Our general partner determines the amount and timing of acquisitions and dispositions, capital expenditures, borrowings, issuance ofadditional partnership securities, and reserves, each of which can affect the amount of cash that is distributed to our unitholders. •Our general partner determines the amount and timing of any capital expenditures by our partnership and whether a capital expenditure isa maintenance capital expenditure, which reduces operating surplus, or an expansion capital expenditure, which does not reduceoperating surplus. That determination can affect the amount of cash that is distributed to our unitholders. •Our general partner may use an amount, equal to $40.2 million as of December 31, 2011, which would not otherwise constituteoperating surplus, in order to permit the payment of cash distributions, $12.1 million of which would go to TransMontaigne Inc. andMorgan Stanley Capital Group in the form of distributions on their common units, general partner interest and incentive distributionrights. •Our general partner determines which out-of-pocket costs incurred by TransMontaigne Inc. are reimbursable by us. •Our partnership agreement does not restrict our general partner from causing us to pay it or its affiliates for any services rendered to usor entering into additional contractual arrangements with any of these entities on our behalf. •Our general partner and its officers and directors will not be liable for monetary damages to us, our limited partners or assignees for anyacts or omissions unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining thatour general partner or those other persons acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud or willful misconduct. •Our general partner controls the enforcement of obligations owed to us by our general partner and its affiliates, including the terminalingservices agreements with TransMontaigne Inc. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group.44Table of Contents•Our general partner decides whether to retain separate counsel, accountants, or others to perform services on our behalf. Cost reimbursements, which will be determined by our general partner, and fees due our general partner and its affiliates for servicesprovided are and will continue to be substantial and will reduce our cash available for distribution to unitholders. Payments to our general partner are and will continue to be substantial and will reduce the amount of available cash for distribution to unitholders.For the year ended December 31, 2011, we paid TransMontaigne Inc. and its affiliates an administrative fee of approximately $10.5 million, anadditional insurance reimbursement of approximately $3.3 million and $1.3 million as partial reimbursement for grants to key employees ofTransMontaigne Inc. and its affiliates under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. savings and retention plan. Both the administrative fee and the insurancereimbursement are subject to increase in the event we acquire or construct facilities to be managed and operated by TransMontaigne Inc. Our generalpartner and its affiliates will continue to be entitled to reimbursement for all other direct expenses they incur on our behalf, including the salaries of andthe cost of employee benefits for employees working on-site at our terminals and pipelines. Our general partner will determine the amount of theseexpenses. Our general partner and its affiliates also may provide us other services for which we will be charged fees as determined by our generalpartner. The Omnibus Agreement expires on December 31, 2014, subject to our right to extend the agreement for an additional seven years if MorganStanley Capital Group elects to renew the terminaling services agreement for the Southeast terminals. If we are unable to renew the Omnibus Agreementon terms that are satisfactory to us or if we are required to pay a higher administrative fee, our results of operations and financial condition could beadversely affected. The control of our general partner may be transferred to a third party without unitholder consent. Our general partner may transfer its general partner interest to a third party in a merger or in a sale of all or substantially all of its assets without theconsent of the unitholders. Furthermore, our partnership agreement does not restrict the ability of the members of our general partner from transferringtheir respective limited liability company interests in our general partner to a third party. The new members of our general partner could then be in aposition to replace the board of directors and officers of our general partner with their own choices and to control the decisions taken by the board ofdirectors and officers. Our general partner has a limited call right that may require unitholders to sell their common units at an undesirable time or price. If at any time our general partner and its affiliates own more than 80% of the common units, our general partner will have the right, but not theobligation, which it may assign to any of its affiliates or to us, to acquire all, but not less than all, of the common units held by unaffiliated persons at aprice not less than their then-current market price. As a result, unitholders may be required to sell their common units at an undesirable time or price andmay not receive any return on their investment. Unitholders may also incur a tax liability upon a sale of their common units. At February 29, 2012,affiliates of our general partner own approximately 22.1% of our aggregate outstanding common units representing limited partner interests. We may issue additional units without your approval, which would dilute your existing ownership interests. Our partnership agreement does not limit the number of additional limited partner interests that we may issue at any time without the approval ofour unitholders. The issuance by us of additional common units or other equity securities of equal or senior rank will have the following effects: your45Table of Contentsproportionate ownership interest in us will decrease; the amount of cash available for distribution on each unit may decrease; the ratio of taxable incometo distributions may increase; the relative voting strength of each previously outstanding unit may be diminished; and the market price of the commonunits may decline. Unitholders may not have limited liability in some circumstances. The limitations on the liability of holders of limited partnership interests for the obligations of a limited partnership have not been clearlyestablished in some states. If it were determined that we had been conducting business in any state without compliance with the applicable limitedpartnership statute, or that our unitholders as a group took any action pursuant to our partnership agreement that constituted participation in the "control"of our business, then the unitholders could be held liable under some circumstances for our obligations to the same extent as a general partner. Underapplicable state law, our general partner has unlimited liability for our obligations, including our debts and environmental liabilities, if any, except forour contractual obligations that are expressly made without recourse to the general partner. In addition, Section 17-607 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act provides that under some circumstances a Unitholder maybe liable to us for the amount of distributions paid to the unitholder for a period of three years from the date of the distribution.Tax Risks Our tax treatment depends on our status as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, as well as not being subject to a material amountof entity-level taxation by states. If the Internal Revenue Service were to treat us as a corporation or if we were to become subject to a materialamount of entity-level taxation for state tax purposes, then our cash available for distribution to unitholders would be substantially reduced. The anticipated after-tax benefit of an investment in our common units depends largely on our being treated as a partnership for federal income taxpurposes. We have not requested, and do not plan to request, a ruling from the IRS on this matter. A publicly-traded partnership may be treated as a corporation for federal income tax purposes unless its gross income from its business activitiessatisfies a "qualifying income" requirement under U.S. tax code. Based upon our current operations, we believe that we qualify to be treated as apartnership for federal income tax purposes under these requirements. While we intend to continue to meet this gross income requirement, we may notfind it possible to meet, or may inadvertently fail to meet, these requirements. If we do not meet these requirements for any taxable year, and the IRSdoes not determine that such failure was inadvertent, we would be treated as a corporation for such taxable year and each taxable year thereafter. If we were treated as a corporation for federal income tax purposes, we would pay federal income tax on our income at the corporate tax rate,which is currently a maximum of 35%. In such a circumstance, distributions to our unitholders would generally be taxed again as corporate distributions(if such distributions were less than our earnings and profits) and no income, gains, losses, deductions or credits would flow through to ourunitholders. Imposition of a corporate tax would substantially reduce our cash flows and after-tax return to our unitholders. This likely would cause asubstantial reduction in the value of the common units. Any modification to the U.S. federal income tax laws and interpretations thereof may or may not be applied retroactively and could make it moredifficult or impossible to meet the qualifying income requirements, affect or cause us to change our business activities, affect the tax considerations of aninvestment in a publicly traded partnership, including us, change the character or treatment of portions46Table of Contentsof our income and adversely affect an investment in our common units. We are unable to predict whether any current or future proposed federal incometax law changes will ultimately be enacted. In addition, because of widespread state budget deficits, several states are evaluating ways to subject partnerships to entity-level taxation throughthe imposition of state income, franchise or other forms of taxation. If any state were to impose a tax upon us as an entity, our cash flows would bereduced. For example, under current legislation, we are subject to an entity-level tax on the portion of our total revenue (as that term is defined in thelegislation) that is generated in Texas. For the year ended December 31, 2011, we recognized a liability of approximately $ 260,000 for the Texasmargin tax, which is imposed at a maximum effective rate of 0.7% of our total revenue and tax gains from Texas. Imposition of such a tax on us byTexas, or any other state, will reduce the cash available for distribution to our unitholders. The partnership agreement provides that if a law is enacted orexisting law is modified or interpreted in a manner that subjects us to taxation as a corporation or otherwise subjects us to entity-level taxation forfederal, state or local income tax purposes, then the minimum quarterly distribution amount and the target distribution amounts will be reduced to reflectthe impact of that law on us. Constraints on our ability to make acquisitions and investments to increase our capital asset base may result in future declines in our taxdepreciation, which may cause some unitholders recognize higher taxable income in respect of their units and adversely affect the taxcharacteristics of an investment in our units and reduce the market price of our units. Morgan Stanley, which indirectly controls our general partner, informed us in October 2011 that, for the foreseeable future, it does not expect toapprove any "significant" acquisition or investment that we may propose. The practical effect of these limitations is to significantly constrain our abilityto expand our asset base and operations through acquisitions from third parties, limiting additions to our capital assets primarily to additions andimprovements that we construct or add to our existing facilities, although some acquisitions of assets from third parties may be possible to the extentapproved by Morgan Stanley. As a result, we may not be able to add to our capital asset base quickly enough to avoid our tax depreciation fromdeclining in the future, which could cause some unitholders to recognize higher taxable income. The federal and state tax laws and regulations applicableto an investment in our units are complex and each investor's tax considerations are likely to be different from those of other investors, so it isimpossible to state with certainty the impact of any change on any single investor or group of investors in our units. It is the responsibility of eachunitholder to investigate the legal and tax consequences, under the laws of pertinent jurisdictions, of an investment in our common units. Accordingly,each unitholder or prospective investor in our units is urged to consult with, and depend upon, their tax counsel or other advisor with regard to thosematters. Nevertheless, adverse changes in investors' perception of the tax characteristics of an investment in our units could adversely affect market value ofour units. If the sale or exchange of 50% or more of our capital and profit interests occurs within a 12-month period, we would experience a deemedtermination of our partnership for federal income tax purposes. The sale or exchange of 50% or more of the partnership's units within a 12-month period would result in a deemed "technical" termination of ourpartnership for federal income tax purposes. Such an event would not terminate a unitholder's interest in the partnership, nor would it terminate thecontinuing business operations of the partnership. However, it would, among other things, result in the closing of our taxable year for all unitholdersand would result in a deferral of depreciation and cost recovery deductions allowable in computing our taxable income for future tax years. Thepartnership previously experienced a deemed "technical" termination for the period ending December 30, 2007, due to a change in our ownershipstructure effective December 31, 2007. If our partnership were deemed terminated for federal income tax purposes, this deferral of cost recoverydeductions would47Table of Contentsimpact each unitholder through allocations of an increased amount of federal taxable income (or reduced amount of allocated loss) for the year in whichthe partnership is deemed terminated and for subsequent years as a percentage of the cash distributed to the unitholder with respect to that period. We generally prorate our items of income, gain, loss and deduction between transferors and transferees of our common units each monthbased upon the ownership of our common units on the first day of each month, instead of on the basis of the date a particular common unit istransferred. The IRS may challenge this treatment, which could change the allocation of items of income, gain, loss and deduction among ourunitholders. For administrative purposes and consistent with other publicly traded partnerships, we generally prorate our items of income, gain, loss, anddeduction between transferors and transferees of our common units each month based upon the ownership of our common units on the first day of eachmonth, instead of on the basis of the date a particular common unit is transferred. The use of this proration method may not be permitted under existingTreasury Regulations. If the IRS were to challenge this method or new Treasury Regulations were issued, we may be required to change the allocationof items of income, gain, loss and deduction among our unitholders. Unitholders will be required to pay taxes on their respective share of our taxable income regardless of the amount of cash distributions. Unitholders will be required to pay federal income taxes and, in some cases, state and local income taxes on the unitholder's respective share of ourtaxable income, whether or not such unitholder receives cash distributions from us. Unitholders may not receive cash distributions from us equal to theunitholder's respective share of our taxable income or even equal to the actual tax liability that results from the unitholder's respective share of ourtaxable income. Tax-exempt entities and foreign persons face unique tax issues from owning units that may result in adverse tax consequences to them. Investment in common partnership units by tax-exempt entities, such as individual retirement accounts, and non-United States persons raises taxissues unique to them. For example, the partnership's ordinary income allocated to organizations exempt from federal income tax, including individualretirement accounts and other retirement plans, will be unrelated business taxable income, or UBTI, and may be taxable to them. Due to allocations ofreportable tax items to unitholders being dependent on the date of each unitholder's purchase of our common units, we are not able to provide anestimate of a unitholder's UBTI prior to processing that unitholder's Schedule K-1. Distributions to non-United States persons are subject towithholding taxes at the highest applicable effective tax rate, and non-United States persons will be required to file United States federal income taxreturns and pay tax on their share of our taxable income. Our unitholders will likely be subject to state and local taxes and return filing requirements in states where they do not live as a result ofinvesting in our limited partner units. In addition to federal income taxes, our unitholders will likely be subject to other taxes, including state and local income taxes, unincorporatedbusiness taxes and estate, inheritance or intangible taxes that are imposed by the various jurisdictions in which we do business or own property, even ifthey do not live in any of those jurisdictions. Our unitholders will likely be required to file returns and pay state and local income tax in some or all ofthese jurisdictions, and unitholders may be subject to penalties for failure to comply with those requirements. It is our unitholders' responsibility to fileall United States federal, state and local tax returns.48Table of Contents We will treat each purchaser of our units as having the same tax benefits without regard to the units purchased. The IRS may challenge thistreatment, which could adversely affect the value of our units. Because we cannot match transferors and transferees of units, we adopt various conventions for administrative purposes (including depreciationand amortization positions) that may not conform in all aspects to existing Treasury regulations. A successful IRS challenge to those positions couldadversely affect the amount of tax benefits available to unitholders. It also could affect the timing of these tax benefits or the amount of gain from anysale of units and could have a negative impact on the value of our units or result in audit adjustments to a unitholder's tax returns. A unitholder whose units are loaned to a "short seller" to cover a short sale of units may be considered as having disposed of those units. Ifso, the unitholder would no longer be treated for tax purposes as a partner with respect to those units during the period of the loan and mayrecognize gain or loss from the disposition. Because a unitholder whose units are loaned to a "short seller" to cover a short sale of units may be considered as having disposed of the loanedunits, the unitholder may no longer be treated for tax purposes as a partner with respect to those units during the period of the loan to the short seller andthe unitholder may recognize gain or loss from such disposition. Moreover, during the period of the loan to the short seller, any of our income, gain,loss or deduction with respect to those units may not be reportable by the unitholder and any cash distributions received by the unitholder as to thoseunits could be fully taxable as ordinary income. Unitholders desiring to assure their status as partners and avoid the risk of gain recognition from a loanto a short seller are urged to modify any applicable brokerage account agreements to prohibit their brokers from loaning their units.ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS None.ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TransMontaigne Inc. has agreed to indemnify us for any losses we may suffer as a result of legal claims for actions that occurred prior to theclosing of our initial public offering on May 27, 2005. We currently are not a party to any material litigation. Our operations are subject to a variety of risks and disputes normally incident to ourbusiness. As a result, at any given time we may be a defendant in various legal proceedings and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. Weare a beneficiary of various insurance policies TransMontaigne Inc. maintains with insurers in amounts and with coverage and deductibles that ourgeneral partner believes are reasonable and prudent. However, we cannot assure that this insurance will be adequate to protect us from all materialexpenses related to potential future claims for personal and property damage or that the levels of insurance will be available in the future at economicalprices.ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES Not applicable.49Table of ContentsPart II ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON UNITS, RELATED UNITHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUERPURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES MARKET FOR COMMON UNITS The common units are listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TLP." On March 9, 2012, there were approximately23 unitholders of record of our common units. This number does not include unitholders whose units are held in trust by other entities. The actualnumber of unitholders is greater than the number of unitholders of record. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the range of high and low per unit sales prices for our common units as reported on theNew York Stock Exchange.DISTRIBUTIONS OF AVAILABLE CASH The following table sets forth the distribution declared per common unit attributable to the periods indicated:50 Low High January 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010 $24.15 $29.12 April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010(1) $10.81 $31.50 July 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010 $28.90 $35.52 October 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010 $32.90 $37.00 January 1, 2011 through March 31, 2011 $33.81 $40.69 April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011 $32.74 $37.78 July 1, 2011 through September 30, 2011 $29.65 $37.50 October 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 $30.00 $36.90 (1)On May 6, 2010, the U.S. equity markets experienced a rapid, severe decline and corresponding recovery, which hasbecome known as the "flash crash". Our common units were one of the many securities involved in the flash crash. TheNYSE informed us that following consultation among the U.S. markets and the Securities and Exchange Commission,the NYSE cancelled all trades between 2:40pm EDT and 3:00pm EDT at prices that were more than 60% above or belowthe last reported NYSE quote in that security immediately prior to 2:40pm EDT. In our case, trades below $10.81 werecancelled. Distribution January 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010 $0.60 April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010 $0.60 July 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010 $0.60 October 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010 $0.61 January 1, 2011 through March 31, 2011 $0.61 April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011 $0.62 July 1, 2011 through September 30, 2011 $0.62 October 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 $0.63 Table of Contents Within approximately 45 days after the end of each quarter, we will distribute all of our available cash, as defined in our partnership agreement, tounitholders of record on the applicable record date. Available cash generally means all cash on hand at the end of the quarter:•less the amount of cash reserves established by our general partner to: •provide for the proper conduct of our business; •comply with applicable law, any of our debt instruments, or other agreements; or •provide funds for distributions to our unitholders and to our general partner for any one or more of the next four quarters; •plus, if our general partner so determines, all or a portion of cash on hand on the date of determination of available cash for the quarter. The terms of our amended and restated senior secured credit facility may limit our ability to distribute cash under certain circumstances asdiscussed under "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources"of this annual report.Incentive Distribution Rights Incentive distribution rights are non-voting limited partner interests that represent the right to receive an increasing percentage of quarterlydistributions of available cash from operating surplus after the minimum quarterly distribution and the target distribution levels have been achieved. Ourgeneral partner currently holds the incentive distribution rights, but may transfer these rights separately from its general partner interest, subject torestrictions in the partnership agreement. The following table illustrates the percentage allocations of the additional available cash from operating surplus between the unitholders and ourgeneral partner up to the various target distribution levels. The amounts set forth under "Marginal percentage interest in distributions" are the percentageinterests of our general partner and the unitholders in any available cash from operating surplus we distribute up to and including the correspondingamount in the column "Total per unit quarterly distribution," until available cash from operating surplus we distribute reaches the next target distributionlevel, if any. The percentage interests shown for the unitholders and our general partner for the minimum quarterly distribution are also applicable toquarterly distribution amounts that are less than the minimum quarterly distribution. The percentage interests set forth below for our general partnerinclude its 2% general partner interest and assume our general partner has contributed any additional capital to maintain its 2% general partner interestand has not transferred its incentive distribution rights. There is no guarantee that we will be able to pay the minimum quarterly distribution on the common units in any quarter, and we will be prohibitedfrom making any distributions to unitholders if51 Marginal percentageinterest indistributions Total per unitquarterly distribution Unitholders Generalpartner Minimum quarterly distribution $0.40 98% 2%First target distribution up to $0.44 98% 2%Second target distribution above $0.44 up to $0.50 85% 15%Third target distribution above $0.50 up to $0.60 75% 25%Thereafter Above $0.60 50% 50%Table of Contentsit would cause an event of default, or an event of default is existing, under our amended and restated senior secured credit facility.Common Unit Purchases for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 Purchases of Securities. The following table covers the purchases of our common units by, or on behalf of, Partners during the three monthsended December 31, 2011. During the three months ended December 31, 2011, we purchased 1,650 common units, with approximately $54,200 of aggregate market value, inthe open market pursuant to a purchase program announced on May 7, 2007. The purchase program establishes the purchase, from time to time, of ouroutstanding common units for purposes of making subsequent grants of restricted phantom units under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. Long-TermIncentive Plan to independent directors of our general partner. Pursuant to the terms of the purchase program, we are currently purchasing up toapproximately 6,600 common units annually. There is no guarantee as to the exact number of common units that will be purchased under the purchaseprogram, and the purchase program may be amended or discontinued at any time. Unless we choose to terminate the purchase program earlier, thepurchase program terminates on the earlier to occur of May 31, 2012; our liquidation, dissolution, bankruptcy or insolvency; the public announcementof a tender or exchange offer for the common units; or a merger, acquisition, recapitalization, business combination or other occurrence of a "Change ofControl" under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan.52Period Total number ofcommon unitspurchased Average pricepaid percommon unit Total number ofcommon unitspurchased aspart of publiclyannouncedplans orprograms Maximum numberof common unitsthat may yet bepurchased underthe plans orprograms October 550 $32.88 550 1,140 November 550 $35.03 550 590 December 550 $30.56 550 40 1,650 $32.82 1,650 Table of ContentsITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE None.ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION No information was required to be disclosed in a report on Form 8-K, but not so reported, for the quarter ended December 31, 2011.Part III ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF OUR GENERAL PARTNER AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MANAGEMENT OF TRANSMONTAIGNE PARTNERS TransMontaigne GP L.L.C. is our general partner and manages our operations and activities on our behalf. TransMontaigne Services Inc. is anindirect wholly owned subsidiary of TransMontaigne Inc. and TransMontaigne Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiaries, controls our generalpartner. TransMontaigne Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Capital Group. TransMontaigne Partners has no officers or employeesand all of our management and operational activities are provided by officers and employees of TransMontaigne Services Inc. Our general partner is notelected by our unitholders and is not subject to re-election on a regular basis in the future. Unitholders are not entitled to elect directors to the board ofdirectors of our general partner or directly or indirectly participate in our management or operation. Under the Corporate Governance Guidelinesadopted by the board of directors of our general partner, the board assesses, on an annual basis, the skills and characteristics that candidates for electionto the board of directors should possess, as well as the composition of the board of directors as a whole. This assessment includes the qualificationsunder applicable independence standards and other standards applicable to the board of directors and its committees, as well as consideration of skillsand experience in the context of the needs of the board of directors as a whole. Our general partner has no formal policy regarding the diversity of boardmembers, but seeks to ensure that its board of directors collectively have the personal qualities to be able to make an active contribution to the board ofdirectors' deliberations, which qualities may include relevant industry experience, financial management, reporting and control expertise and executiveand operational management experience.Board of Directors and Officers The board of directors of our general partner oversees our operations. As part of its oversight function, the board of directors monitors howmanagement operates the partnership, in part via its committee structure. When granting authority to management, approving strategies and receivingmanagement reports, the board of directors considers, among other things, the risks and vulnerabilities we face. The audit committee of the board ofdirectors considers risk issues associated with our overall accounting, financial reporting and disclosure process. Except for executive sessions heldwith unaffiliated directors, all members of the board of directors are invited to and generally attend the meetings of the audit committee. The conflictscommittee of our general partner reviews specific matters that the board believes may involve conflicts of interests. As of the date of this report, there are seven members of the board of directors of our general partner, four of whom, Messrs. Kuchta, Masters,Wiese and Peters, are independent as defined under the independence standards established by the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"). TheNYSE does not require a listed limited partnership, like TransMontaigne Partners, to have a majority of independent directors on the board of directorsof its general partner or to establish a compensation53Table of Contentscommittee or a nominating or governance committee. The Governance Guidelines of our general partner provide that at least three directors will beindependent and one additional director will not be employed by, serve as a director of or have a significant commercial relationship with,TransMontaigne Inc. or its affiliates at the time of his or her election to the board of directors or while serving thereon. As of the date of this report,there are no vacancies on the board of directors to be filled by an unaffiliated or independent director. The officers of our general partner manage the day-to-day affairs of our business. All of the officers listed below split their time between managingour business and affairs and the business and affairs of TransMontaigne Inc. The officers of our general partner may face a conflict regarding theallocation of their time between our business and the other business interests of TransMontaigne Inc. TransMontaigne Inc. intends to seek to cause theofficers to devote as much time to the management of our operations as is necessary for the proper conduct of our business and affairs.DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS The following table shows information for the directors and reporting officers of TransMontaigne GP L.L.C. under Section 16 of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934: Stephen R. Munger was appointed to serve as the Chairman of the Board of directors of our general partner, effective March 17, 2008.Mr. Munger was asked to join the board of directors, in part, based on his position at Morgan Stanley, his executive management experience and hisexperience in mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Munger has served as the Co-Chairman of the Mergers & Acquisitions Department of Morgan Stanleysince 2003, having served as the operating Co-Head from 1999 through 2003. Mr. Munger has also served as Chairman of the Morgan Stanley GlobalEnergy Group since 2004. Mr. Munger was named a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley in 1992, and joined Morgan Stanley in 1988, havingpreviously worked in the Mergers & Acquisition Department of Merrill Lynch. Mr. Munger is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the WhartonSchool of Business. Charles L. Dunlap has served as the Chief Executive Officer of our general partner since August 10, 2009 and served as a director of our generalpartner from July 8, 2008 to August 10, 2009. Mr. Dunlap has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of TransMontaigne Inc. sinceAugust 10, 2009. Mr. Dunlap served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Pasadena Refining System, Inc. based in Houston, Texas fromJanuary 2005 to December 2008. In addition, from May 2000 to February 2004, Mr. Dunlap served as one of the founding partners of StrategicAdvisors, LLC, a management consulting firm based in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to that time, Mr. Dunlap served in54Name Age PositionStephen R. Munger 54 Chairman of the BoardCharles L. Dunlap 68 Chief Executive OfficerGregory J. Pound 59 President and Chief Operating OfficerFrederick W. Boutin 56 Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer andTreasurerErik B. Carlson 64 Executive Vice President and General CounselRonald A. Majors 53 Senior Vice President, Business DevelopmentRobert T. Fuller 42 Vice President and Chief Accounting OfficerHenry M. Kuchta 55 DirectorJerry R. Masters 53 Director, Chairman of Audit and CompensationCommitteesRandall P. O'Connor 52 DirectorDavid A. Peters 53 Director, Chairman of Conflicts CommitteeGoran Trapp 49 DirectorJay A. Wiese 55 DirectorTable of Contentsvarious senior management and executive positions at various oil and gas companies including Crown Central Petroleum Corporation, PacificResources, Inc., Arco Petroleum Products Company and Clark Oil & Refining Corporation. Mr. Dunlap is a graduate of Rockhurst University andholds a Juris Doctor degree from Saint Louis University Law School and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced ManagementProgram. Gregory J. Pound has served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of our general partner since January 2008 and served as its ExecutiveVice President from May 2007 to December 2007. Mr. Pound has served as the Executive Vice President—Asset Operations of TransMontaigne Inc.since February 2002. Mr. Pound has also served as a director of Olco Petroleum Group Inc. since December 2006. Frederick W. Boutin has served as an Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of our general partner since January 2008 and asits Treasurer since February 2005. Mr. Boutin served as the Senior Vice President of our general partner from February 2005 to December 2007.Mr. Boutin has served as the Executive Vice President of TransMontaigne Inc. since February 2008, as its Treasurer since June 2003 and served as itsSenior Vice President from September 1996 to January 2008. Erik B. Carlson has served as an Executive Vice President of our general partner since January 2008 and as its General Counsel since February2005. Mr. Carlson served as Secretary from February 2005 to February 2011. Mr. Carlson served as the Senior Vice President of our general partnerfrom February 2005 to December 2007. Mr. Carlson has been the Executive Vice President of TransMontaigne Inc. since February 2008, as its GeneralCounsel since January 1998, its Secretary from January 1998 to February 2011 and served as its Senior Vice President from January 1998 to January2008. From February 1983 until January 1998, Mr. Carlson served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Associated Natural GasCorporation and its successor, Duke Energy Field Services. Ronald A. Majors has served as Senior Vice President, Business Development of our general partner since July 12, 2010. Mr. Majors has alsoserved as Senior Vice President, Business Development of TransMontaigne Inc. since July 12, 2010. Mr. Majors served as President and ChiefExecutive Officer of Pipestream from December 2009 to February 2010. Mr. Majors also served as President and Chief Operating Officer ofSemGroup Europe Holdings, LLC, and Executive Director of SemEuro Limited, both divisions of SemGroup LP, from May 2006 to December 2009.From January 1998 to April 2006, Mr. Majors worked for The Williams Companies in various business development capacities, and served as theChairman of the Board of AB Mazeikiai Nafta, from September 2000 to October 2002 and as President of Williams International Company from May2002 to May 2003. Mr. Majors holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University and executive trainingexperience from the Wharton School of Business. Robert T. Fuller has served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of our general partner since January 2011 and as its AssistantTreasurer since February 2012. Prior to his employment with TransMontaigne Services Inc. in July of 2010, Mr. Fuller spent 13 years withKPMG LLP, departing as an Audit Senior Manager. Mr. Fuller has a BA in Political Science from Fort Lewis College and a Masters in Accountingfrom the University of Colorado. Henry M. Kuchta was elected as a director of our general partner on January 7, 2010, and serves as a member of the audit and conflictscommittees of the board of directors of our general partner. Mr. Kuchta was asked to join the board of directors, in part, based on his executivemanagement experience in the energy industry and because he qualified as an independent director. Since December 1, 2010, Mr. Kuchta has served asPresident, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Northern Tier Energy, LLC, a privately held refining company. Since September 2006, Mr. Kuchtahas served as a Partner in NTR Partners, LLC. Mr. Kuchta served as Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of NTR Acquisition Co. fromSeptember 2006 to January 2009. Mr. Kuchta served55Table of Contentsas President and Chief Operating Officer of Premcor Inc. from January 2003 through September 2005 and as Executive Vice President of Premcor Inc.from May 2002 to December 2002. Previously, Mr. Kuchta served as Business Development Manager for Phillips 66 Company from October 2001 toApril 2002. Prior to that time, Mr. Kuchta served in various senior management and executive positions at Tosco Corporation from May 1993 toSeptember 2001, as well as at Exxon Corporation from May 1980 to April 1992. Mr. Kuchta holds a Bachelor of Science degree in ChemicalEngineering from Wayne State University. Jerry R. Masters was elected as a director of our general partner on May 24, 2005, and serves as a member of the conflicts committee, and aschair of the audit and compensation committees, of the board of directors of our general partner. Mr. Masters was asked to join the board of directors, inpart, based on his executive management experience, his financial and accounting knowledge and because he qualified as an independent director.Mr. Masters is a private investor and also serves on the board of directors of Sandhills State Bank. From February 1991 to April 2000, Mr. Mastersheld various executive positions within the financial organization at Microsoft Corporation. In his last position as Senior Director, Mr. Masters wasresponsible for external and internal financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting. From 1980 to 1991 Mr. Masters worked in the audit department ofDeloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Masters holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska. Randall P. O'Connor was elected as a director of our general partner on March 31, 2009. Mr. O'Connor was asked to join the board of directors,in part, based on his position at Morgan Stanley and his executive management experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. O'Connor is a ManagingDirector at Morgan Stanley, working in the firm's Commodities Group and currently serves as head of the Strategic Transactions Group. He has beenwith Morgan Stanley since 2002. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. O'Connor held numerous positions of responsibility at various energycompanies, including Chevron Corporation, Transworld Oil, Clark Oil & Refining and TransCanada Energy. In addition to being a director of ourgeneral partner, Mr. O'Connor is a director of TransMontaigne Inc. and Olco Petroleum Group Inc. Mr. O'Connor holds a B.S. in ChemicalEngineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley. David A. Peters was elected as a director of our general partner on May 24, 2005, and serves as a member of the audit and compensationcommittees and as the chair of the conflicts committee of the board of directors of our general partner. Mr. Peters was asked to join the board ofdirectors, in part, based on his knowledge of the energy industry, his financial and accounting knowledge and because he qualified as an independentdirector. Since 1999 Mr. Peters has been a business consultant with a primary client focus in the energy sector; in addition, Mr. Peters also served as amember of the board of directors of QDOBA Restaurant Corporation from 1998 to 2003. From 1997 to 1999 Mr. Peters was a managing director of aprivate investment fund, and from 1995 to 1997 he served as an executive vice president at DukeEnergy/PanEnergy Field Services responsible fornatural gas gathering, processing and storage operations. Prior to joining DukeEnergy/PanEnergy Field Services, Mr. Peters held various positions withAssociated Natural Gas Corporation, and from 1980 to 1984 he worked in the audit department of Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. Mr. Peters holds abachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Michigan. Goran Trapp was elected as a director of our general partner on October 22, 2008. Mr. Trapp was asked to join the board of directors, in part,based on his position at Morgan Stanley and his executive management experience in the energy commodity markets. Mr. Trapp is a Managing Directorat Morgan Stanley and has served as the Head of Global Oil Liquids in Commodities at Morgan Stanley since July 2008 and the Head of Europe,Middle East and Africa Commodities since January 2008. Mr. Trapp joined Morgan Stanley in 1990 and became a Managing Director in 1999. Earlierin his career at Morgan Stanley, Mr. Trapp served as the Head of the Europe and Asia Oil Liquids Group and the Global Chief Operating Officer of theOil Liquids Group. He has also served as a Member of56Table of Contentsthe Firm's Europe, Middle East and Asia Management Committee since November 2007. Mr. Trapp holds a Master of Science degree from theStockholm School of Economics. Jay A. Wiese was elected as a director of our general partner on October 26, 2010, and serves as a member of the audit, conflicts andcompensation committees of the board of directors of our general partner. Mr. Wiese was asked to join the board of directors, in part, based on hisexecutive management experience in the energy industry and because he qualified as an independent director. From December 2006 to the present,Mr. Wiese has served as the Managing Member of Liberated Partners LLC, a global energy consulting business with a focus on client strategy,acquisitions, logistics, business development and operational analysis. From 1982 to October 2006, Mr. Wiese served in various senior managementpositions, including most recently Vice President, with Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P., where he had responsibility over Magellan TerminalHoldings in the areas of commercial and business development, acquisitions and operations. In March 2012, Mr. Wiese was appointed to the board ofdirectors of Associated Asphalt, Inc., a private company engaged in the supply of liquid asphalt to the paving industry. Mr. Wiese holds a Bachelor ofScience degree in Business from Oklahoma State University where Mr. Wiese is on the Foundation's Board of Governors and a member of theInvestment Committee.Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the executive officers and directors of our general partner, and persons who ownmore than ten percent of a registered class of our equity securities (collectively, "Reporting Persons") to file with the SEC and the New York StockExchange initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common units and our other equity securities. Specific due dates forthose reports have been established, and we are required to report herein any failure to file reports by those due dates. Reporting Persons are alsorequired by SEC regulations to furnish TransMontaigne Partners with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file. To our knowledge, based solely on a review of the copies of such reports furnished to us and written representations that no other reports wererequired during the year ended December 31, 2011, all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to such Reporting Persons were satisfied, except thatMessrs. Boutin, Carlson, Dunlap, Fuller, Majors and Pound inadvertently failed to timely report 69, 61,150, 9, 21 and 50 phantom units, respectively,granted to each on February 8, 2011. The phantom units were granted under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. savings and retention plan as a result ofthe quarterly distribution declared on our common units for the quarter ended December 31, 2010. In accordance with the savings and retention plan, inlieu of cash distributions in respect of phantom units, plan participants receive additional phantom units equal in value to the aggregate quarterlydistribution allocable to the phantom units held by such participant.Audit Committee The board of directors of our general partner has a standing audit committee. The audit committee currently has four members, Jerry R. Masters,David A. Peters, Henry M. Kuchta and Jay A. Wiese, each of whom is able to understand fundamental financial statements and at least one of whomhas past experience in accounting or related financial management. The board has determined that each member of the audit committee is independentunder Section 303A.02 of the New York Stock Exchange listing standards and Section 10A(m)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, asamended. In making the independence determination, the board considered the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange and the CorporateGovernance Guidelines of our general partner. Among other factors, the board considered current or previous employment with the partnership, itsauditors or their affiliates by the director or his immediate family members, ownership of our voting securities, and other material relationships with thepartnership. The audit committee has adopted a charter, which has been ratified and approved by the board of directors of our general partner.57Table of Contents With respect to material relationships, the following relationships are not considered to be material for purposes of assessing independence: serviceas an officer, director, employee or trustee of, or greater than five percent beneficial ownership in (a) a supplier to the partnership if the annual sales tothe partnership are less than one percent of the sales of the supplier; (b) a lender to the partnership if the total amount of the partnership's indebtedness isless than one percent of the total consolidated assets of the lender; or (c) a charitable organization if the total amount of the partnership's annualcharitable contributions to the organization are less than three percent of that organization's annual charitable receipts. Based upon his education and employment experience as more fully detailed in Mr. Masters' biography set forth above, Mr. Masters has beendesignated by the board as the audit committee's financial expert meeting the requirements promulgated by the SEC and set forth in Item 407(d)(5)(ii) ofRegulation S-K of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.Conflicts Committee Messrs. Kuchta, Masters, Wiese and Peters currently serve on the conflicts committee of the board of directors of our general partner. The conflictscommittee reviews specific matters that the board believes may involve conflicts of interest. The conflicts committee determines if the resolution of theconflict of interest is fair and reasonable to us. The members of the conflicts committee may not be officers or employees of our general partner ordirectors, officers, or employees of its affiliates, and must meet the independence standards established by the New York Stock Exchange and theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 to serve on an audit committee of a board of directors, and certain other requirements. Any matter approved by theconflicts committee will be conclusively deemed to be fair and reasonable to us, to be approved by all of our partners, and not deemed a breach by ourgeneral partner of any duties it may owe us or our unitholders.Compensation Committee Although not required by New York Stock Exchange listing requirements, the board of directors of our general partner has a standingcompensation committee, which (1) administers the TransMontaigne Services Inc. long-term incentive plan, pursuant to which employees andindependent directors of our general partner are granted equity-based awards, and (2) which reviews the allocation of grants to certain employees ofTransMontaigne Services Inc. under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. savings and retention plan. The compensation committee has adopted a charter,which the board of directors of our general partner has ratified and approved. Messrs. Masters, Peters and Wiese currently serve on the compensationcommittee.Corporate Governance Guidelines; Code of Business Conduct and Ethics The board of directors of our general partner has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines that outline the important policies and practicesregarding our governance. The board of directors has no policy requiring either that the positions of the Chairman of the Board and of the ChiefExecutive Officer of our general partner be separate or that they be occupied by the same individual. The board of directors believes that this issue isproperly addressed as part of the succession planning process and that a determination on this subject should be made when it elects a new chiefexecutive officer or at such other times as when consideration of the matter is warranted by circumstances. Currently, different individuals hold thepositions of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of our general partner. We believe that separating the roles of Chairman of the Boardand Chief Executive Officer preserves the distinction between management and oversight, which in turn enhances the board's ability to oversee andevaluate management.58Table of Contents The audit committee has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which the board of directors of our general partner has ratified andapproved. The Code of Business Conduct applies to all employees of TransMontaigne Services Inc. acting on behalf of our general partner and to theofficers and directors of our general partner. The audit committee has also adopted, and the board of directors of our general partner has ratified andapproved, a Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers of our general partner. The Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers applies to the seniorfinancial officers of our general partner, including the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer and the chief accounting officer or personsperforming similar functions. The Code of Business Conduct and Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers each require prompt disclosure of anywaiver of the code for executive officers or directors made by the general partner's board of directors or any committee thereof as required by law or theNew York Stock Exchange. Copies of our Code of Business Conduct, Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, Corporate Governance Guidelines, Audit CommitteeCharter, and Compensation Committee Charter, are available on our website at www.transmontaignepartners.com.Communications by Unitholders Pursuant to our Corporate Governance Guidelines, the board of directors of our general partner meets at the conclusion of regularly-scheduledboard meetings without the executive officers of our general partner or other employees of TransMontaigne Services Inc. present, which meetings arepresided over by Mr. Munger as Chairman of the Board. In addition, the independent members of the board of directors of our general partner meet inexecutive sessions at the conclusion of regularly-scheduled board meetings, pursuant to which, the board has chosen Mr. Peters to preside as chairmanof these executive session meetings. Unitholders and other interested parties may communicate with (1) Mr. Peters, in his capacity as chairman of the executive session meetings of theboard of directors of our general partner, (2) the independent members of the board of directors of our general partner as a group, or (3) any and allmembers of the board of directors of our general partner by transmitting correspondence by mail or facsimile addressed to one or more directors byname or to the independent directors (or to the Chairman of the Board or any standing committee of the board) at the following address and fax number:Name of the Director(s)c/o SecretaryTransMontaigne Partners L.P.1670 Broadway, Suite 3100Denver, Colorado 80202(303) 626-8228 The secretary of our general partner will collect and organize all such communications in accordance with procedures approved by the board. Thesecretary will forward all communications to the Chairman of the Board or to the identified director(s) as soon as practicable. However, we may handledifferently communications that are abusive, offensive or that present safety or security concerns. If we receive multiple communications on a similartopic, our secretary may, in his or her discretion, forward only representative correspondence. The Chairman of the Board will determine whether any communication addressed to the entire board should be properly addressed by the entireboard or a committee thereof if a communication is sent to the board or a committee, the Chairman of the Board or the chairman of that committee, as thecase may be, will determine whether the communication warrants a response. If a response to the communication is warranted, the content and methodof the response will be coordinated with our general partner's internal or external counsel.59Table of ContentsITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION EXECUTIVE COMPENSATIONCompensation Discussion and Analysis We do not directly employ any of the persons responsible for managing our business. We are managed by our general partner,TransMontaigne GP L.L.C. The executive officers of our general partner are employees of and paid by TransMontaigne Services Inc. We do not incurany direct compensation charge for the executive officers of our general partner. Instead, under the omnibus agreement we pay TransMontaigne Inc. ayearly administrative fee that is intended to compensate TransMontaigne Inc. for providing certain corporate staff and support services to us, includingservices provided to us by the executive officers of our general partner. During the year ended December 31, 2011, we paid TransMontaigne Inc. anadministrative fee of approximately $10.5 million. The administrative fee is a lump-sum payment and does not reflect specific amounts attributable to thecompensation of the executive officers of our general partner while acting on our behalf. In addition, we agreed to reimburse TransMontaigne Inc. andits affiliates at least $1.5 million for grants to key employees of TransMontaigne Inc. and its affiliates under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. savingsand retention plan, provided that (i) no less than $1.5 million of the aggregate amount of such awards granted to key employees of TransMontaigne Inc.and its affiliates will be allocated to an investment fund indexed to the performance of our common units, and (ii) the proposed allocations of suchawards among these key employees are approved by the compensation committee of our general partner to assure that an adequate portion of suchawards are deemed invested in an investment fund indexed to the performance of our common units. For the year ended December 31, 2011, wereimbursed TransMontaigne Services Inc. approximately $1.3 million for bonus awards granted to its key employees under the TransMontaigneServices Inc. savings and retention plan. Effective August 10, 2009, Charles L. Dunlap was appointed to serve as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") ofour general partner and President and CEO of TransMontaigne Inc. In connection with his appointments and because he was not eligible to participatein the savings and retention plan then in effect, on August 10, 2009, TransMontaigne Services Inc. awarded Mr. Dunlap 40,000 restricted phantomunits under the long-term incentive plan. Neither the board of directors nor the compensation committee of our general partner plays any role in setting the compensation of the executiveofficers of our general partner, all of which is determined by TransMontaigne Inc. The compensation committee of our general partner, however,determines the amount, timing and terms of all equity awards granted to our independent directors under TransMontaigne Services Inc.'s long-termincentive plan. To the extent that awards of phantom units granted under TransMontaigne Services Inc.'s long-term incentive plan are replaced withcommon units purchased by TransMontaigne Services Inc. on the open market, we will reimburse TransMontaigne Services Inc. for the purchase priceof such units. The primary elements of TransMontaigne Inc.'s compensation program are a combination of annual cash and long-term equity-basedcompensation. During 2011, elements of compensation for our executive officers consisted of the following:•Annual base salary; •Discretionary annual cash awards; •Long-term equity-based compensation; and •Other compensation, including very limited perquisites. We do not provide any perquisites to the executive officers of our general partner.60Table of Contents The elements of TransMontaigne Inc.'s compensation program, along with TransMontaigne Inc.'s other rewards (for example, benefits, workenvironment, career development), are intended to provide a total rewards package designed to drive performance and reward contributions in supportof the business strategies of TransMontaigne Inc. During 2011, TransMontaigne Inc. did not use any elements of compensation based on specificperformance-based criteria and did not have any other specific performance-based objectives. Although neither the board of directors nor thecompensation committee of our general partner plays any role in setting the compensation of the executive officers of our general partner, we are notaware of any compensation elements of TransMontaigne Inc.'s compensation program which are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect onus. We believe that TransMontaigne Inc.'s compensation policies allow it to attract, motivate and retain high quality, talented individuals with the skillsand competencies we require. In addition, the TransMontaigne Services Inc.'s savings and retention plan and long-term incentive plan are intended toalign the long-term interests of the executive officers of our general partner with those of our unitholders to the extent a portion of the bonus awardsunder the savings and retention plan is deemed invested in our common units.Employment and Other Agreements We have not entered into any employment agreements with any officers of our general partner.Compensation Committee Report The compensation committee has reviewed and discussed with our management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis under "Item 11.Executive Compensation" of this annual report. Based on such review and discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended to the board ofdirectors of our general partner that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this annual report.COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS Employees of our general partner or its affiliates (including employees of Morgan Stanley and its affiliates) who also serve as directors of ourgeneral partner will not receive additional compensation. Independent directors will receive a $30,000 annual cash retainer and an annual grant of 2,000restricted phantom units, which will vest in 25% increments on March 31 and each of the succeeding three anniversaries (with vesting to be acceleratedupon a change of control). Upon vesting, the restricted phantom units will be replaced with our common units on a one-for-one basis, as the commonunits are acquired in the open market by the plan, or paid out in cash based upon the closing market price of the common units on the date of vesting, atthe option of the plan administrator. Distributions are paid on restricted phantom units at the same rate as distributions on our unrestricted commonunits. In addition, each director will be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses in connection with attending meetings of the board of directors orcommittees. Each director will be fully indemnified by us for actions associated with being a director to the extent permitted under Delaware law. Thefollowing table provides information concerning the compensation of our general partner's directors for 2011.61 COMPENSATION COMMITTEEJerry R. Masters, ChairDavid A. PetersJay A. WieseTable of ContentsDirector Compensation Table for 2011COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION During the year ended December 31, 2011, Messrs. Masters, Wiese and Peters served on the compensation committee of our general partner.During 2011, none of the members of the compensation committee was an officer or employee of our general partner or any of our subsidiaries orserved as an officer of any company with respect to which any of the executive officers of our general partner served on such company's board ofdirectors.SAVINGS AND RETENTION PLAN The board of directors of TransMontaigne Inc. adopted the savings and retention plan of TransMontaigne Services Inc. effective January 1, 2007,which was subsequently amended and restated as of January 29, 2010 to revise certain age and length of service thresholds that had previouslyexcluded a number of TransMontaigne Services Inc. employees, including the Chief Executive Officer, the President and the Executive Vice President,General Counsel of our general partner, from participation in the plan. The plan is administered by the compensation committee of TransMontaigne Inc.The purpose of the plan is to provide for the reward and retention of certain key employees of TransMontaigne Services Inc. by providing them withbonus awards that vest over future service periods. Awards under the plan generally become vested as to 50% of a participant's annual award as of theJanuary 1 that falls closest to the second anniversary of the grant date, and the remaining 50% as of the January 1 that falls closest to the thirdanniversary of the grant date, subject to earlier vesting upon a participant's retirement, death or disability, involuntary termination without cause, ortermination of a participant's employment following a change of control of Morgan Stanley or TransMontaigne Inc., or their affiliates, as specified in theplan. Pursuant to the provisions of the amended and restated plan, once participating employees of TransMontaigne Services Inc. reach the age andlength of service thresholds set forth below, subsequent annual awards are immediately vested and payable as to 50% of a participant's annual award inthe month containing the second anniversary62Name(a) Fees earned orpaid in cash ($)(b) Stock awards ($)(c) All othercompensation ($)(g) Total ($)(h) Stephen R. Munger(1) — — — — Randall P. O'Connor(1) — — — — Goran Trapp(1) — — — — Henry M. Kuchta $30,000 $72,660(2) — $102,660 Jay A. Wiese $30,000 $72,660(2) — $102,660 Jerry R. Masters $30,000 $72,660(2) — $102,660 David A. Peters $30,000 $72,660(2) — $102,660 (1)Because Messrs. Munger, O'Connor and Trapp are employees of an affiliate of our general partner, none of them receivescompensation for service as a director of our general partner. At December 31, 2011, none of the foregoing directors held anyrestricted phantom or other limited partnership interests. (2)This dollar amount reflects the aggregate grant-date fair value of the restricted phantom units, computed in accordance withgenerally accepted accounting principles. The grant-date fair value is equal to $36.33, the closing price of our unrestrictedcommon units on March 31, 2011. The restricted phantom units vest in 25% increments on March 31 and each of the succeedingthree anniversaries (with vesting to be accelerated upon a change of control). At December 31, 2011, Messrs. Masters and Peterseach held 3,000 restricted phantom units, Mr. Kuchta held 2,500 restricted phantom units and Mr. Wiese held 1,500 restrictedphantom units.Table of Contentsof the grant date, and the remaining 50% in the month containing the third anniversary of the grant date, subject to earlier payment upon the participant'sretirement, death or disability, involuntary termination without cause, or termination of a participant's employment following a change of control ofMorgan Stanley or TransMontaigne Inc., or their affiliates, as specified in the plan. In addition, the vested awards remain subject to forfeiture asspecified in the plan. A person will satisfy the age and length of service thresholds of the plan upon the attainment of the earliest of (a) age sixty, (b) agefifty-five and ten years of service as an officer of TransMontaigne Inc. or its affiliates, or (c) age fifty and twenty years of service as an employee ofTransMontaigne Inc. or its affiliates. For the awards granted under the plan in 2011, the Chief Executive Officer, President and Executive VicePresident, General Counsel of our general partner have satisfied the age and length of service thresholds of the plan. Generally, only senior levelmanagement of TransMontaigne Services Inc. will receive awards under the plan. Although no assets are segregated or otherwise set aside with respectto a participant's account, the amount ultimately payable to a participant shall be the amount credited to such participant's account as if such account hadbeen invested in some or all of the investment funds selected by the plan administrator. The plan administrator determines both the amount and investment funds in which the bonus award will be deemed invested for each participant.For the year ended December 31, 2011, the four investment funds that the plan administrator could select were (1) a fixed interest fund, under whichinterest accrues at a rate to be determined annually by the plan administrator; (2) a fund under which a participant's account is deemed invested in theDodge & Cox Income Fund, which invests primarily in bonds and other fixed income securities; (3) an equity index fund under which a participant'saccount is deemed invested in the SPDR Trust Series 1, which has an investment goal of tracking the performance of the Standard & Poors 500 Index,or such other equity index as the plan administrator may from time to time select; and (4) a fund under which a participant's account tracks theperformance of our common units, with all distributions automatically reinvested in common units. Upon vesting and payment, the participant shall bepaid the value of the investment funds in cash or in-kind, at the sole discretion of the plan administrator. For the year ended December 31, 2011, wereimbursed TransMontaigne Services Inc. approximately $1.3 million for bonus awards under the plan.LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN Upon the consummation of our initial public offering in May 2005, TransMontaigne Services Inc. adopted a long-term incentive plan foremployees and consultants of TransMontaigne Services Inc. who provide services on our behalf, and our independent directors. Following the adoptionof the amended and restated savings and retention plan of TransMontaigne Services Inc., we do not currently anticipate that awards will be made underthe long-term incentive plan to officers or employees of TransMontaigne Services Inc., although we anticipate that annual grants to the independentdirectors of our general partner will continue to be made under the long-term incentive plan. During the year ended December 31, 2011, thecompensation committee of the board of directors of our general partner awarded 8,000 restricted phantom units to the independent directors of ourgeneral partner under the plan. The summary of the proposed long-term incentive plan contained below does not purport to be complete, but outlines its material provisions. Thelong-term incentive plan consists of four components: restricted units, restricted phantom units, unit options and unit appreciation rights. As ofFebruary 29, 2012, the long-term incentive plan permits the grant of awards covering an aggregate of 1,816,745 units, which amount will automaticallyincrease on an annual basis by 2% of the total outstanding common and subordinated units, if any, at the end of the preceding fiscal year. As ofFebruary 29, 2012, there were 1,582,914 units available for future grant under the long-term incentive plan. The plan is administered by thecompensation committee of the board of directors of our general partner.63Table of Contents The board of directors of our general partner, in its discretion may terminate, suspend or discontinue the long-term incentive plan at any time withrespect to any award that has not yet been granted. The board of directors also has the right to alter or amend the long-term incentive plan or any part ofthe plan from time to time, including increasing the number of units that may be granted subject to unitholder approval as required by the exchange uponwhich the common units are listed at that time. However, no change in any outstanding grant may be made that would materially impair the rights of theparticipant without the consent of the participant, unless the change is necessary to comply with certain tax requirements. Restricted Units and Restricted Phantom Units. A restricted unit is a common unit subject to forfeiture prior to the vesting of the award. Arestricted phantom unit is a notional unit that entitles the grantee to receive a common unit upon the vesting of the phantom unit or, in the discretion ofthe compensation committee, cash equivalent to the value of a common unit. The compensation committee may determine to make grants under the planof restricted units and restricted phantom units to employees, consultants and independent directors containing such terms as the compensationcommittee shall determine. The compensation committee will determine the period over which restricted units and restricted phantom units granted toemployees, consultants and independent directors will vest. The compensation committee may base its determination upon the achievement of specifiedfinancial objectives. In addition, the restricted units and restricted phantom units will vest upon a change of control of us, our general partner orTransMontaigne Inc. If a grantee's employment, service relationship or membership on the board of directors terminates for any reason, the grantee's restricted units andrestricted phantom units will be automatically forfeited unless, and to the extent, the compensation committee provides otherwise. Common units to bedelivered in connection with the grant of restricted units or upon the vesting of restricted phantom units may be common units acquired by our generalpartner on the open market, common units already owned by our general partner, common units acquired by our general partner directly from us or anyother person or any combination of the foregoing. TransMontaigne Services Inc. will be entitled to reimbursement by us for the cost incurred inacquiring common units. Thus, the cost of the restricted units and delivery of common units upon the vesting of restricted phantom units will be borneby us. If we issue new common units in connection with the grant of restricted units or upon vesting of the restricted phantom units, the total number ofcommon units outstanding will increase. The compensation committee, in its discretion, may grant tandem distribution rights with respect to restrictedunits and tandem distribution equivalent rights with respect to restricted phantom units. We intend the issuance of restricted units and common units upon the vesting of the restricted phantom units under the plan to serve as a means ofincentive compensation for performance and not primarily as an opportunity to participate in the equity appreciation of the common units. Therefore, atthis time it is not contemplated that plan participants will pay any consideration for restricted units or common units they receive, and at this time we donot contemplate that we will receive any remuneration for the restricted units and common units. Unit Options and Unit Appreciation Rights. The long-term incentive plan permits the grant of options covering common units and the grant ofunit appreciation rights. A unit appreciation right is an award that, upon exercise, entitles the participant to receive the excess of the fair market value of aunit on the exercise date over the exercise price established for the unit appreciation right. Such excess may be paid in common units, cash, or acombination thereof, as determined by the compensation committee in its discretion. The long-term incentive plan permits grants of unit options and unitappreciation rights to employees, consultants and independent directors containing such terms as the compensation committee shall determine. Unitoptions and unit appreciation rights may have an exercise price that is equal to or greater than the fair market value of the common units on the date ofgrant. In general, unit options and unit appreciation rights granted will become exercisable over a period determined by the compensation committee. Inaddition, the unit options and unit appreciation64Table of Contentsrights will become exercisable upon a change in control of us, our general partner or TransMontaigne Inc., unless provided otherwise by thecompensation committee. Upon exercise of a unit option (or a unit appreciation right settled in common units), our general partner will acquire common units on the openmarket or directly from us or any other person or use common units already owned by our general partner, or any combination of the foregoing. Ourgeneral partner will be entitled to reimbursement by us for the difference between the cost incurred by our general partner in acquiring these commonunits and the proceeds received from a participant at the time of exercise. Thus, the cost of the unit options (or a unit appreciation right settled incommon units) will be borne by us. If we issue new common units upon exercise of the unit options (or a unit appreciation right settled in commonunits), the total number of common units outstanding will increase, and our general partner will pay us the proceeds it receives from an optionee uponexercise of a unit option. The availability of unit options and unit appreciation rights is intended to furnish additional compensation to employees,consultants and independent directors and to align their economic interests with those of common unitholders.ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATEDUNITHOLDER MATTERS The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our limited partnership common units as of February 29,2012 by each director of our general partner, by each individual serving as an executive officer of our general partner as of February 29, 2012, by eachperson known by us to own more than 5% of the outstanding units, and by all directors, director nominees and the named executive officers as ofFebruary 29, 2012 as a group. The information set forth below is based solely upon information furnished by such individuals or contained in filingsmade by such beneficial owners with the SEC. The calculation of the percentage of beneficial ownership is based on an aggregate of 14,457,066 limited partnership common units outstanding asof February 29, 2012. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes voting and investment power withrespect to the units. To our knowledge, except under applicable community property laws or as otherwise indicated, the persons named in the table havesole voting and sole investment power with respect to all units beneficially owned. Units underlying outstanding warrants or options that are currentlyexercisable or exercisable within 60 days of February 29, 2012 are deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of beneficialownership of the person holding those options or warrants, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of beneficial ownership of any65Table of Contentsother person. The address for each named executive officer, director and director nominee is care of TransMontaigne Partners L.P., 1670 Broadway,Suite 3100, Denver, Colorado 80202.66Name of beneficial owner Commonunitsbeneficiallyowned Percentageof commonunitsbeneficiallyowned TransMontaigne Inc.(1) 2,741,374 19.0%Morgan Stanley(2) 462,858 3.2%SteelPath Fund Advisors, LLC(3) 990,130 6.85 Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P.(4) 939,727 6.5%Named Executive Officers Frederick W. Boutin(5)(6) 45,330 * Erik B. Carlson(5)(7) 45,451 * Charles L. Dunlap(5)(8) 57,275 * Robert Fuller(9) — Ronald A. Majors(9) 800 * Gregory J. Pound(5)(10) 35,157 * Directors Henry M. Kuchta(11) 1,500 * Jerry R. Masters(11) 25,000 * Stephen R. Munger — * Randall P. O'Connor — * David A. Peters(11) 22,600 * Goran Trapp — * Jay A. Wiese(11) 500 * All directors, director nominees and executive officers as a group (13 persons) 233,613 1.6%*Less than 1%. (1)The common units beneficially owned by TransMontaigne Inc. are held by TransMontaigne Services Inc. TransMontaigne Inc. isthe indirect parent company of TransMontaigne Services Inc. and may, therefore, be deemed to beneficially own the units held byeach of them. Excludes the 2% general partnership interest and related incentive distribution rights held by our general partner,which are not considered "units" for purposes of our limited partnership agreement. The general partner, accordingly, is notconsidered a "unitholder." The address of TransMontaigne Inc. is 1670 Broadway, Suite 3100, Denver, Colorado 80202. (2)Based on the Schedule 13D (Amendment No. 2) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2009 andinformation furnished by Morgan Stanley ("MS"). Morgan Stanley, in its capacity as parent company of, and indirect beneficialowner of securities held by Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. ("MSCGI") (and through TransMontaigne Inc. and itssubsidiaries), and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney ("MSSB"), may be deemed to beneficially own 3,204,232 common units, orapproximately 22.2% of the outstanding common units. MSCGI may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,741,374 commonunits, indirectly held by TransMontaigne Services Inc. Morgan Stanley Strategic Investments, Inc. ("MSSI") beneficially owns450,000 common units. MSSB has voting and/or dispositive power over certain shares of common units held in accounts ofcertain of its clients and customers and, as a result, may be deemed to beneficially own up to 12,858 common units. Each of MSand MSCGI may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to 2,741,374 common units beneficiallyowned by TransMontaigne Services Inc.; (ii) each of MS and MSSI may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive powerwith respect to 450,000 common units beneficially owned by MSSI; andTable of Contents67(iii) each of MS and MSSB may be deemed to have shared voting and/or dispositive power with respect to 12,858 common unitsbeneficially owned by MSSB. The address of MS and MSSI, affiliates of Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc., is 1585Broadway, New York, New York 10036.(3)Based on the Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2012 by SteelPath FundAdvisors, LLC, SteelPath Capital Management, LLC, Gabriel Hammond and Stuart Cartner. SteelPath Fund Advisors, LLCreports having shared voting and shared dispositive power over 894,737 common units. SteelPath Capital Management, LLCreports having shared voting and shared dispositive power over 95,393 common units. Gabriel Hammond and Stuart Cartner arethe Portfolio Managers with respect to portfolios managed by SteelPath Fund Advisors, LLC and SteelPath CapitalManagement, LLC, and as such are granted investment discretion with respect to such portfolios. Each of Messers. Hammondand Cartner report having shared voting and dispositive power over 990,130 common units. The address of each of SteelPathFund Advisors, LLC, SteelPath Capital Management, LLC, Gabriel Hammond and Stuart Cartner is 2100 McKinney Avenue,Suite 1401, Dallas, Texas, 75201. (4)Based on Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2012 byKayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. and Richard A. Kayne. Richard A. Kayne is the controlling shareholder of the corporateowner of Kayne Anderson Management, Inc., the general partner of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. Kayne AndersonCapital Advisors, L.P. and Mr. Kayne report having shared voting and shared dispositive power over the common units. Theaddress of each of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. and Richard A. Kayne is 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Second Floor,Los Angeles, California 90067. (5)Each of Messrs. Carlson, Boutin, Dunlap and Pound have satisfied the age and length of service thresholds under theTransMontaigne Services Inc. savings and retention plan, therefore, the common units beneficially owned and reported in thetable above include phantom units that were immediately vested upon grant and will become payable as to 50% of a participant'saward in the month containing the second anniversary of the grant date, and the remaining 50% in the month containing the thirdanniversary of the grant date. The phantom units are subject to earlier payment as described under "—Savings and RetentionPlan" above. At the time of payment, phantom units will be paid out, in the sole discretion of the plan administrator, in cash, incommon units or a combination thereof. (6)Includes 9,897 phantom units awarded to Mr. Boutin under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. savings and retention plan. (7)Includes 14,451 phantom units awarded to Mr. Carlson under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. savings and retention plan. (8)Includes 35,719 phantom units awarded to Mr. Dunlap under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. savings and retention plan.Includes 500 restricted phantom units granted to Mr. Dunlap under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. long-term incentive planfor his service as an independent director that will vest on March 31, 2012. Excludes 500 restricted phantom units granted toMr. Dunlap under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. long term incentive plan for his service as an independent director thatremain subject to continued vesting in annual installments, with the next and final vesting date March 31, 2013. EffectiveAugust 10, 2009, Mr. Dunlap was appointed to serve as Chief Executive Officer of our general partner and President and ChiefExecutive Officer of TransMontaigne Inc. As a result of these appointments, Mr. Dunlap ceased to qualify as an independentdirector and therefore tendered his resignation from the board of directors of our general partner, effective as of the same date.Excludes 20,000 restricted phantom units granted to Mr. Dunlap under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. long term incentiveplan in connection with the foregoing appointments that remain subject to continued vesting over two equal annual installments,with the next vesting date occurring on August 10, 2012.Table of ContentsEQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION The following table summarizes information about our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2011.68(9)Excludes 2,792 phantom units awarded to Mr. Fuller and 4,499 phantom units awarded to Mr. Majors pursuant to theTransMontaigne Services Inc. savings and retention plan. The phantom units vest 50% as of the January 1 that falls closest to thesecond anniversary of the grant date, with the remaining 50% vesting as of the January 1 that falls closest to the third anniversaryof the grant date. Phantom units granted are subject to earlier vesting as described under "—Savings and Retention Plan" above.At the time of payment, phantom units will be paid out, in the sole discretion of the plan administrator, in cash, in common unitsor a combination thereof. (10)Includes 12,132 phantom units awarded to Mr. Pound under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. savings and retention plan. (11)Includes 2,000 restricted phantom units awarded to each of Messrs. Masters and Peters, 1,500 restricted phantom units awardedto Mr. Kuchta and 500 restricted phantom units awarded to Mr. Wiese, respectively, under the TransMontaigne Services Inc.long-term incentive plan that will vest on March 31, 2012. Excludes 500 restricted phantom units granted to each ofMessrs. Masters and Peters under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. long term incentive plan that vest on March 31, 2013.Excludes 1,000 restricted phantom units granted to each of Messrs. Masters, Peters and Kuchta under the TransMontaigneServices Inc. long term incentive plan that remain subject to continued vesting over two equal annual installments, beginning withthe next vesting date March 31, 2013. Excludes 1,500 restricted phantom units granted to each of Messrs. Masters, Peters,Kuchta and Wiese under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. long term incentive plan that remain subject to continued vesting overthree equal annual installments, beginning with the next vesting date March 31, 2013. Number of securities to beissued upon exercise ofoutstanding options,warrants and rights(1) Weighted averageexercise price ofoutstanding options,warrants and rights Number of securitiesremaining available forfuture issuance underequity compensationplans (excludingsecurities reflectedin column (a))(1) (a) (b) (c) Equitycompensationplansapproved bysecurityholders — — — Equitycompensationplans notapproved bysecurityholders 37,000 — 1,293,772 Total 37,000 — 1,293,772 (1)At December 31, 2011, the long-term incentive plan permits the grant of awards covering an aggregate of 1,527,604 units, ofwhich 233,832 units had been granted since the inception of the plan, net of forfeitures. The number of units available for grantautomatically increase on an annual basis by 2% of the total outstanding common units at the end of the preceding fiscal year.After giving effect to the automatic increase at the beginning of the 2012 fiscal year, a total of 1,816,745 units were madeavailable for issuance under the plan, of which 1,582,912 units remain available for issuance under the plan as of February 29,2012. For more information about our long-term incentive plan, which did not require approval by our limited partners, refer to"Item 11. Executive Compensation—Long-Term Incentive Plan," and Note 13 to Notes to consolidated financial statements inItem 8 of this annual report.Table of ContentsITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE REVIEW, APPROVAL OR RATIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS Our general partner's conflicts committee reviews specific matters that the board of directors of our general partner believes may involve conflictsof interest and other transactions with related persons in accordance with the procedures set forth in our amended and restated limited partnershipagreement. Due to the conflicts of interest inherent in our operating structure, our general partner may, but is not required to, seek the approval of anyconflict of interest transaction from the conflicts committee. Generally, such approval is requested for material transactions, including the purchase of amaterial amount of assets from TransMontaigne Inc. or the modification of a material agreement between us and TransMontaigne Inc. or MorganStanley Capital Group. Any matter approved by the conflicts committee will be conclusively deemed fair and reasonable to us, to be approved by all ofour partners, and not to be a breach by our general partner of its fiduciary duties. The conflicts committee may consider any factors it determines in goodfaith to consider when resolving a conflict, including taking into account the totality of the relationships among the parties involved, including othertransactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to us. In addition the conflicts committee has the authority to engage outside advisors toassist it in makings its determinations. For example, in approving our acquisition of the Southeast facilities from TransMontaigne Inc., the conflictscommittee engaged, and obtained a fairness opinion from, an independent outside financial advisor. We also have attempted to resolve many of the conflicts of interest inherent in our operating structure by entering into various documents andagreements with TransMontaigne Inc. These agreements, and any amendments thereto, discussed below were not the result of arm's-length negotiations,and they, or any of the transactions that they provide for, may not be effected on terms at least as favorable to the parties to these agreements as theycould have been obtained from unaffiliated third parties.RELATIONSHIP AND AGREEMENTS WITH OUR AFFILIATES Morgan Stanley controls our operations through its indirect ownership of our general partner and has a significant limited partner ownershipinterest in us through its indirect ownership of our common units. As of February 29, 2011, affiliates of Morgan Stanley, in the aggregate, owned a23.7% interest in the partnership, consisting of 3,195,735 common units, 2% general partner interest and the incentive distribution rights (excluding anycommon units that Morgan Stanley may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own through investment accounts managed by its affiliates). The following table summarizes the distributions and payments to be made by us to Morgan Stanley and its other affiliates in connection with ourongoing operations.Operational stage69Distributions of availablecash to our generalpartner and its affiliates We will generally make cash distributions 98% to the unitholders and 2% to our general partner. In addition, if distributionsexceed the minimum quarterly distribution and other higher target levels, our general partner will be entitled to increasingpercentages of the distributions, up to 50% of the distributions above the highest target level.Table of ContentsOmnibus Agreement On May 27, 2005, we entered into an omnibus agreement with TransMontaigne Inc. and our general partner, which agreement was amended andrestated on December 31, 2007. The omnibus agreement, as amended and restated, addresses the following matters:•our obligation to pay TransMontaigne Inc. an annual administrative fee, currently in the amount of $10.8 million; •our obligation to pay TransMontaigne Inc. an annual insurance reimbursement, currently in the amount of $3.6 million; •our obligation to pay TransMontaigne Inc. an annual reimbursement fee in an amount no less than $1.5 million for grants to keyemployees of TransMontaigne Inc. and its affiliates under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. savings and retention plan, provided that(i) no less than $1.5 million of the aggregate amount of such awards granted to key employees of TransMontaigne Inc. and its affiliateswill be allocated to an investment fund indexed to the performance of our common units, and (ii) the proposed allocations of suchawards among the key employees of TransMontaigne Inc. and its affiliates are approved by the compensation committee of our generalpartner; •our right of first offer to purchase TransMontaigne Inc.'s and its subsidiaries' right, title and interest in the Pensacola, Florida refinedpetroleum products terminal and any assets acquired in an asset exchange transaction that replace the Pensacola assets, which right wasexercised on March 1, 2011; •TransMontaigne Inc.'s right of first refusal to purchase any assets that we propose to sell; and •TransMontaigne Inc.'s right of first refusal to any storage capacity that becomes available after January 1, 2008.70 During the year ended December 31, 2011, we distributed approximately $12.1 million to Morgan Stanley and its affiliates. Assuming wehave sufficient available cash to pay the minimum quarterly distribution on all of our outstanding units for four quarters, our general partnerand its affiliates would receive an annual distribution of approximately $0.5 million on the 2% general partner interest and approximately$5.1 million on their common units.Paymentsto ourgeneralpartnerand itsaffiliates For the year ended December 31, 2011, we paid Morgan Stanley and its affiliates an administrative fee of approximately $10.5 million withan additional insurance reimbursement of approximately $3.3 million for the provision of various general and administrative services forour benefit. We also reimbursed TransMontaigne Inc. approximately $1.3 million for grants to key employees of TransMontaigne Inc. andits affiliates under the TransMontaigne Services Inc. savings and retention plan. For further information regarding the administrative fee,please see "—Omnibus Agreement; Payment of general and administrative services fee" below.Table of Contents Any or all of the provisions of the omnibus agreement, are terminable by TransMontaigne Inc. at its option if our general partner is removedwithout cause and units held by our general partner and its affiliates are not voted in favor of that removal. Payment of general and administrative services fee and reimbursement of direct expenses. Pursuant to the omnibus agreement, for the yearended December 31, 2011, we paid TransMontaigne Inc. an annual administrative fee of approximately $10.5 million for the provision of variousgeneral and administrative services for our benefit. The administrative fee paid in fiscal 2011 partially reimburses TransMontaigne Inc. for expenses itincurred to perform centralized corporate functions, such as legal, accounting, treasury, insurance administration and claims processing, health, safetyand environmental, information technology, human resources, including the services of our executive officers, credit, payroll, taxes and engineering andother corporate services, to the extent such services were not outsourced by TransMontaigne Inc. The omnibus agreement further requires us to payTransMontaigne Inc. an annual insurance reimbursement in the amount of approximately $3.3 million for premiums on insurance policies covering ourterminals and pipelines. The administrative fee may be increased annually by the percentage increase in the consumer price index for the immediatelypreceding year, and the insurance reimbursement will increase in accordance with increases in the premiums payable under the relevant policies. Inaddition, if we acquire or construct additional assets during the term of the agreement, TransMontaigne Inc. will propose a revised administrative feecovering the provision of services for such additional assets. If the conflicts committee of our general partner agrees to the revised administrative fee,TransMontaigne Inc. will provide services for the additional assets pursuant to the agreement. In addition, we agreed to reimburse TransMontaigne Inc.and its affiliates no less than $1.5 million for grants to key employees of TransMontaigne Inc. and its affiliates under the TransMontaigne Services Inc.savings and retention plan, provided that (i) no less than $1.5 million of the aggregate amount of such awards granted to key employees ofTransMontaigne Inc. and its affiliates will be allocated to an investment fund indexed to the performance of our common units, and (ii) the proposedallocations of such awards among the key employees of TransMontaigne Inc. and its affiliates are approved by the compensation committee of ourgeneral partner to assure that an adequate portion of such awards are deemed invested in an investment fund indexed to the performance of our commonunits. The omnibus agreement will expire on December 31, 2014. If Morgan Stanley Capital Group elects to renew the terminaling and servicesagreement for the Southeast terminals, we have the right to extend the term of the omnibus agreement for an additional seven years. Due to theacquisition of TransMontaigne Inc. by Morgan Stanley Capital Group on September 1, 2006, the omnibus agreement no longer requiresTransMontaigne Inc. to offer us any tangible assets that it acquires or constructs after September 1, 2006 related to the storage, transportation orterminaling of refined products in the United States. The administrative fee did not include reimbursements for direct expenses TransMontaigne Inc. incurred on our behalf, such as salaries ofoperational personnel performing services on-site at our terminal and pipeline facilities and related employee benefit costs, including 401(k) and healthinsurance benefits. For the year ended December 31, 2011, we reimbursed TransMontaigne Inc. approximately $22 million for direct expenses itincurred on our behalf, excluding reimbursements for grants to key employees of TransMontaigne Inc. and its affiliates under the TransMontaigneServices Inc. savings and retention plan. Rights of First Offer and First Refusal. The omnibus agreement provided us with a right of first offer to purchase TransMontaigne Inc.'s andits subsidiaries' right, title and interest in the Pensacola, Florida refined petroleum products terminal and any assets acquired in an asset exchangetransaction that replace the Pensacola assets. Effective March 1, 2011, we exercised this right and acquired from TransMontaigne Inc. its Pensacola,Florida refined petroleum products terminal with approximately 270,000 barrels of aggregate active storage capacity for a cash payment ofapproximately $12.8 million.71Table of Contents The omnibus agreement also provides TransMontaigne Inc. a right of first refusal to purchase any assets that we propose to sell. Before we enterinto any contract to sell such terminal or pipeline facilities to a third party, we must give written notice of all material terms of such proposed sale toTransMontaigne Inc. TransMontaigne Inc. will then have the sole and exclusive option for a period of 45 days following receipt of the notice, topurchase the subject facilities for no less than 105% of the purchase price offered by the third party on the terms specified in the notice. TransMontaigne Inc. also has a right of first refusal to contract for the use of any refined product storage capacity that we put into commercialservice (i) after January 1, 2008, or (ii) was subject to a terminaling services agreement that expires or is terminated (excluding a contract renewablesolely at the option of our customer) after January 1, 2008, provided that TransMontaigne Inc. agrees to pay 105% of the fees offered by the third partycustomer. The above provisions are discussed under Item 1. "Business—Our Relationship with TransMontaigne Inc. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group" ofthis annual report.Terminaling Services Agreements We have entered into various terminaling services agreements with Morgan Stanley Capital Group and TransMontaigne Inc., which are discussedunder Item 1. "Business—Our Relationship with TransMontaigne Inc. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group—Terminaling Services Agreements" of thisannual report.Indemnification Under the purchase agreement for the River and Brownsville facilities, TransMontaigne Inc. has agreed to indemnify us for certain environmentalliabilities, discussed under Item 1. "Business and Properties—Environmental Matters—Site Remediation" of this annual report. In addition to theenvironmental indemnification obligations, TransMontaigne Inc. has agreed to indemnify us for any losses attributable to any breach of itsrepresentations, warranties or covenants, any retained liabilities, or any excluded assets provided that indemnifiable losses must first exceed $100,000and total indemnification is generally limited to $15.0 million. We have agreed to indemnify TransMontaigne Inc. for any losses attributable to anybreach of our representations, warranties or covenants or the operations of the Brownsville and River facilities following our acquisition of them,including any environmental liabilities occurring after December 31, 2006, to the extent not subject to TransMontaigne Inc.'s indemnificationobligations. Under the purchase agreement for the Southeast facilities, TransMontaigne Inc. has agreed to indemnify us for certain environmental liabilities,discussed under Item 1. "Business and Properties—Environmental Matters—Site Remediation" of this annual report. In addition to the environmentalindemnification obligations, TransMontaigne Inc. has agreed to indemnify us for any losses attributable to any breach of its representations, warrantiesor covenants, any retained liabilities, or any excluded assets provided that indemnifiable losses must first exceed $500,000 and total indemnification isgenerally limited to $15.0 million. We have agreed to indemnify TransMontaigne Inc. for any losses attributable to any breach of our representations,warranties or covenants or the post-closing operations of the Southeast Terminals, including any environmental liabilities occurring after December 31,2007, to the extent not subject to TransMontaigne Inc.'s indemnification obligations.72Table of ContentsPart IV ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES The following is a list of exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K to be filed as part of this annual report:73ExhibitNumber Description 2.1 Facilities Sale Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2006, by and between TransMontaigne ProductServices Inc. and TransMontaigne Partners L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the CurrentReport on Form 8-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on January 5, 2007). 2.2 Facilities Sale Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2007, by and between TransMontaigne ProductServices Inc. and TransMontaigne Partners L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the CurrentReport on Form 8-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on January 3, 2008). 3.1 Certificate of Limited Partnership of TransMontaigne Partners L.P., dated February 23, 2005 (incorporated byreference to Exhibit 3.1 of TransMontaigne Partners L.P.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (RegistrationNo. 333-123219) filed on March 9, 2005). 3.2 First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of TransMontaigne Partners L.P., datedMay 27, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed byTransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on September 13, 2005). 3.3 First Amendment to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of TransMontaignePartners L.P. dated January 23, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of TransMontaignePartners L.P.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners with the SEC on March 8,2010). 3.4 Second Amendment to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of TransMontaignePartners L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed byTransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on April 8, 2008). 10.1 Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility, dated March 9, 2011, by and among TransMontaigneOperating Company L.P., as borrower, U.S. Bank National Association, as Syndication Agent, Bank ofAmerica, N.A., as Documentation Agent and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as AdministrativeAgent, and the other lenders a party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Reporton Form 8-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on March 10, 2011). 10.2 Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement, dated May 27, 2005, among TransMontaigne Inc.,TransMontaigne Partners L.P., TransMontaigne GP L.L.C., TransMontaigne Operating GP L.L.C.,TransMontaigne Operating Company L.P., TransMontaigne Product Services Inc. and Coastal FuelsMarketing, Inc., Coastal Terminals L.L.C., Razorback L.L.C., TPSI Terminals L.L.C. and TransMontaigneServices, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed byTransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on September 13, 2005).Table of Contents74ExhibitNumber Description 10.3 Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement, dated December 28, 2007, among TransMontaigne Inc.,TransMontaigne Partners L.P., TransMontaigne GP L.L.C., TransMontaigne Operating GP L.L.C. andTransMontaigne Operating Company L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Annual Report onForm 10-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on March 10, 2008). 10.4 TransMontaigne Services Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of theAnnual Report on Form 10-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on September 13,2005).** 10.5 Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 27, 2005, by and between TransMontaigne Partners L.P. andMSDW Morgan Stanley Strategic Investments, Inc. (formerly MSDW Bondbook Ventures Inc.)(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by TransMontaignePartners L.P. with the SEC on September 13, 2005). 10.6 Form of TransMontaigne Services Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan Employee Restricted Unit Agreement(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of Amendment No. 3 to TransMontaigne Partners L.P.'sRegistration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-123219) filed on May 24, 2005).** 10.7 Form of TransMontaigne Services Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan Non-Employee Director Restricted UnitAgreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of Amendment No. 3 to TransMontaigne Partners L.P.'sRegistration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-123219) filed on May 24, 2005).** 10.8 Form of TransMontaigne Services Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan Employee Award Agreement (incorporatedby reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. withthe SEC on April 6, 2006).** 10.9 Form of TransMontaigne Services Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan Non-Employee Director Award Agreement(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by TransMontaignePartners L.P. with the SEC on April 6, 2006). 10.10 Terminaling Services Agreement, dated March 1, 2006, between TransMontaigne Product Services, Inc. andValero Marketing and Supply Company, assigned to TransMontaigne Partners L.P., effective December 29,2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of the Annual report on Form 10-K filed by TransMontaignepartners L.P. with the SEC on March 16, 2007).(1) 10.11 Terminaling Services Agreement, dated June 1, 2007, between TransMontaigne Partners L.P. and MorganStanley Capital Group Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Qfiled by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on August 9, 2007).(1) 10.12 Terminaling Services Agreement—Southeast and Collins/Purvis, dated January 1, 2008, betweenTransMontaigne Partners L.P. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. (incorporated by reference toExhibit 10.16 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC onMarch 10, 2008).(1) 10.13 Indemnification Agreement, dated December 31, 2007, among TransMontaigne Inc., TransMontaignePartners L.P., TransMontaigne GP L.L.C., TransMontaigne Operating GP L.L.C. and TransMontaigneOperating Company L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 of the Annual Report on Form 10-Kfiled by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on March 10, 2008).Table of Contents75ExhibitNumber Description 21.1* List of Subsidiaries of TransMontaigne Partners L.P. 31.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 31.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 32.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant toSection 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 32.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant toSection 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*Filed with this annual report. **Identifies each management compensation plan or arrangement. (1)Certain portions of this exhibit have been omitted and filed separately with the Commission pursuant to a request for confidentialtreatment under Rule 24b-2 as promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signedon its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.Date: March 13, 2012 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of theregistrant and in the capacities with TransMontaigne GP L.L.C., the general partner of the registrant, on the date indicated.76 TRANSMONTAIGNE PARTNERS L.P. By: TRANSMONTAIGNE GP L.L.C., its General Partner By: /s/ CHARLES L. DUNLAPCharles L. DunlapChief Executive OfficerName and Signature Title Date /s/ CHARLES L. DUNLAPCharles L. Dunlap Chief Executive Officer March 13, 2012/s/ FREDERICK W. BOUTINFrederick W. Boutin Executive Vice President, Chief FinancialOfficer and Treasurer March 13, 2012/s/ ROBERT T. FULLERRobert T. Fuller Vice President and Chief AccountingOfficer March 13, 2012/s/ STEPHEN R. MUNGERStephen R. Munger Chairman of the Board of Directors March 13, 2012/s/ RANDALL P. O'CONNORRandall P. O'Connor Director March 13, 2012/s/ GORAN TRAPPGoran Trapp Director March 13, 201277Name and Signature Title Date /s/ HENRY M. KUCHTAHenry M. Kuchta Director March 13, 2012/s/ JERRY R. MASTERSJerry R. Masters Director March 13, 2012/s/ DAVID A. PETERSDavid A. Peters Director March 13, 2012/s/ JAY A. WIESEJay A. Wiese Director March 13, 2012Table of ContentsEXHIBIT INDEX ExhibitNumber Description 2.1 Facilities Sale Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2006, by and between TransMontaigne ProductServices Inc. and TransMontaigne Partners L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the CurrentReport on Form 8-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on January 5, 2007). 2.2 Facilities Sale Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2007, by and between TransMontaigne ProductServices Inc. and TransMontaigne Partners L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the CurrentReport on Form 8-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on January 3, 2008). 3.1 Certificate of Limited Partnership of TransMontaigne Partners L.P., dated February 23, 2005 (incorporated byreference to Exhibit 3.1 of TransMontaigne Partners L.P.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (RegistrationNo. 333-123219) filed on March 9, 2005). 3.2 First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of TransMontaigne Partners L.P., datedMay 27, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed byTransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on September 13, 2005). 3.3 First Amendment to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of TransMontaignePartners L.P. dated January 23, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of TransMontaignePartners L.P.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners with the SEC on March 8,2010). 3.4 Second Amendment to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of TransMontaignePartners L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed byTransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on April 8, 2008). 10.1 Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility, dated March 9, 2011, by and among TransMontaigneOperating Company L.P., as borrower, U.S. Bank National Association, as Syndication Agent, Bank ofAmerica, N.A., as Documentation Agent and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as AdministrativeAgent, and the other lenders a party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Reporton Form 8-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on March 10, 2011). 10.2 Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement, dated May 27, 2005, among TransMontaigne Inc.,TransMontaigne Partners L.P., TransMontaigne GP L.L.C., TransMontaigne Operating GP L.L.C.,TransMontaigne Operating Company L.P., TransMontaigne Product Services Inc. and Coastal FuelsMarketing, Inc., Coastal Terminals L.L.C., Razorback L.L.C., TPSI Terminals L.L.C. and TransMontaigneServices, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed byTransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on September 13, 2005). 10.3 Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement, dated December 28, 2007, among TransMontaigne Inc.,TransMontaigne Partners L.P., TransMontaigne GP L.L.C., TransMontaigne Operating GP L.L.C. andTransMontaigne Operating Company L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Annual Report onForm 10-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on March 10, 2008). 10.4 TransMontaigne Services Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of theAnnual Report on Form 10-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on September 13,2005).**Table of ContentsExhibitNumber Description 10.5 Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 27, 2005, by and between TransMontaigne Partners L.P. andMSDW Morgan Stanley Strategic Investments, Inc. (formerly MSDW Bondbook Ventures Inc.)(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by TransMontaignePartners L.P. with the SEC on September 13, 2005). 10.6 Form of TransMontaigne Services Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan Employee Restricted Unit Agreement(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of Amendment No. 3 to TransMontaigne Partners L.P.'sRegistration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-123219) filed on May 24, 2005).** 10.7 Form of TransMontaigne Services Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan Non-Employee Director Restricted UnitAgreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of Amendment No. 3 to TransMontaigne Partners L.P.'sRegistration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-123219) filed on May 24, 2005).** 10.8 Form of TransMontaigne Services Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan Employee Award Agreement (incorporatedby reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. withthe SEC on April 6, 2006).** 10.9 Form of TransMontaigne Services Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan Non-Employee Director Award Agreement(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by TransMontaignePartners L.P. with the SEC on April 6, 2006). 10.10 Terminaling Services Agreement, dated March 1, 2006, between TransMontaigne Product Services, Inc. andValero Marketing and Supply Company, assigned to TransMontaigne Partners L.P., effective December 29,2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of the Annual report on Form 10-K filed by TransMontaignepartners L.P. with the SEC on March 16, 2007).(1) 10.11 Terminaling Services Agreement, dated June 1, 2007, between TransMontaigne Partners L.P. and MorganStanley Capital Group Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Qfiled by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on August 9, 2007).(1) 10.12 Terminaling Services Agreement—Southeast and Collins/Purvis, dated January 1, 2008, betweenTransMontaigne Partners L.P. and Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. (incorporated by reference toExhibit 10.16 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC onMarch 10, 2008).(1) 10.13 Indemnification Agreement, dated December 31, 2007, among TransMontaigne Inc., TransMontaignePartners L.P., TransMontaigne GP L.L.C., TransMontaigne Operating GP L.L.C. and TransMontaigneOperating Company L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 of the Annual Report on Form 10-Kfiled by TransMontaigne Partners L.P. with the SEC on March 10, 2008). 21.1* List of Subsidiaries of TransMontaigne Partners L.P. 31.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 31.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 32.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant toSection 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.Table of ContentsExhibitNumber Description 32.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant toSection 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*Filed with this annual report. **Identifies each management compensation plan or arrangement. (1)Certain portions of this exhibit have been omitted and filed separately with the Commission pursuant to a request for confidentialtreatment under Rule 24b-2 as promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.QuickLinks -- Click here to rapidly navigate through this documentExhibit 21.1 List of Subsidiaries of TransMontaigne Partners L.P. at December 31, 2011* Ownership of subsidiary Name of subsidiary Trade name State/Country of organization100% TransMontaigne Operating GP L.L.C. None Delaware100% TransMontaigne Terminals L.L.C. None Delaware100% TLP Mex L.L.C. None Delaware100% TPSI Terminals L.L.C. None Delaware100% TransMontaigne Operating Company L.P. None Delaware100% Razorback L.L.C. (d/b/a Diamondback Pipeline L.L.C.) None Delaware100% TLP Operating Finance Corp. None Delaware100% TMOC Corp. None Delaware100% TPME L.L.C. None Delaware100% Penn Octane de Mexico, S. de R.L.de C.V. None Mexico100% Tergas, S. de R.L. de C.V. None Mexico100% Termatsal, S. de R.L. de C.V. None Mexico*Omits non-operating subsidiaries that, considered in the aggregate, do not constitute significant subsidiaries as of December 31,2011.QuickLinksExhibit 21.1List of Subsidiaries of TransMontaigne Partners L.P. at December 31, 2011QuickLinks -- Click here to rapidly navigate through this documentExhibit 31.1 Certification Pursuant toSection 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 I, Charles L. Dunlap, Chief Executive Officer of TransMontaigne GP L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company and general partner ofTransMontaigne Partners L.P. (the "Company"), certify that:1.I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of TransMontaigne Partners L.P. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011; and 2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport.March 13, 2012 /s/ CHARLES L. DUNLAPCharles L. DunlapChief Executive OfficerQuickLinksExhibit 31.1Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002QuickLinks -- Click here to rapidly navigate through this documentExhibit 31.2 Certification Pursuant toSection 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 I, Frederick W. Boutin, Chief Financial Officer of TransMontaigne GP L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company and general partner ofTransMontaigne Partners L.P. (the "Company"), certify that:1.I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of TransMontaigne Partners L.P. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011; and 2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport.March 13, 2012 /s/ FREDERICK W. BOUTINFrederick W. BoutinChief Financial OfficerQuickLinksExhibit 31.2Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002QuickLinks -- Click here to rapidly navigate through this documentExhibit 32.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial OfficerPursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(18 U.S.C. Section 1350) The undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer of TransMontaigne GP L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company and general partner ofTransMontaigne Partners L.P. (the "Company"), hereby certifies that, to his knowledge on the date hereof:(a)the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, filed on the date hereof with theSecurities and Exchange Commission (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934, other than the omission of "Item 6. Selected Financial Data," "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis,""Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks," "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,""Item 9A. Controls and Procedures," "Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services," "Exhibit 23.1" and the exclusion of certainitems in "Exhibit 31.1" and "Exhibit 31.2" and the modification to this Exhibit 32.1 and to "Exhibit 32.2," as more fully explained in theExplanatory Note to the Report; and (b)the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of theCompany. /s/ CHARLES L. DUNLAPCharles L. DunlapChief Executive Officer March 13, 2012QuickLinksExhibit 32.1Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section1350)QuickLinks -- Click here to rapidly navigate through this documentExhibit 32.2 Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial OfficerPursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(18 U.S.C. Section 1350) The undersigned, the Chief Financial Officer of TransMontaigne GP L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company and general partner ofTransMontaigne Partners L.P. (the "Company"), hereby certifies that, to his knowledge on the date hereof:(a)the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, filed on the date hereof with theSecurities and Exchange Commission (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934, other than the omission of "Item 6. Selected Financial Data," "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis,""Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks," "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,""Item 9A. Controls and Procedures," "Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services," "Exhibit 23.1" and the exclusion of certainitems in "Exhibit 31.1" and "Exhibit 31.2" and the modification to this Exhibit 32.2 and to "Exhibit 32.1," as more fully explained in theExplanatory Note to the Report; and (b)the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of theCompany. /s/ FREDERICK W. BOUTINFrederick W. BoutinChief Financial Officer March 13, 2012QuickLinksExhibit 32.2Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section1350)

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