Coal Handling System | Stockpile Management | Quality Control
Blending | Computerized Control System

Coal is delivered to the terminal by barges and are discharged at the barge receival wharf which can berth and discharge two barges of up to 15,000 dwt simultaneously through four fixed slewing grab which have a combined discharging rate of 3,000 tph,

Coal is fed into six hoppers mounted on the wharf which feed the inloading conveyor system which either transports the coal to the stockpile areas or direct to the export wharf for shiploading through a bypass system.

If inloaded coal is to be stockpiled it is fed to two overhead stockpiling conveyors with traveling trippers which discharge the coal into selected areas within each stockpile with the coal being spread by high capacity bulldozers.

Each stockpile has a capacity of 400,000 mt giving the terminal a total stockpile capacity of 800,000 mt. Different coal products can be stored in segregated areas within each stockpile if required. Bulldozers reclaim the coal by dozing into underground reclaim pits which feed the 3,000 tph shiploading conveyor system.

The shiploading berth can accommodate bulk carriers of up to 80,000 dwt with beams of 36 meters. Shiploading is carried out by two fixed luffing shiploaders which can load at 3,000 tph. The loaders are equipped with rotating tilting chutes which direct the coal feed into all areas of the ships’ holds so no secondary trimming is required.