PHB Receives Contract For Offshore Bulk Unloading Terminal In Argentina

P H B - F o r d e r t e c h n i k of West Germany has been awarded a contract for the construction of an import/export transshipment terminal for loading and unloading ores, coal, cereals, and fertilizer f r om one ship to another. A reconstructed bulk carrier is to be the basis of the new facility. It will include two ship-loader/unloaders for the handling of bulk cargo, each with a capacity of 1,000 tons per hour; bunkers, vibrating troughs, individually controlled belt conveyor systems for each loader, and facilities f o r dustfree loading of small oceangoing ships. The terminal will unload vessels of up to 200,000 dwt, and load, by means of a special transfer system, smaller ships and oceangoing barges up to 30,000 dwt. These small ships and barges will provide shuttle service for industrial plants at the harbor of Buenos Aires and the Rio de la Plata.

The contract is valued at approximately 11 million Deutschmarks, and consists of consultation, planning, construction and commissioning of the terminal.

Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 23, Apr 1980

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