The transhipment vessel (TSV), MV Lucky Eyre, will load grain from port and unload onto deep water vessels five nautical miles from the port. It is capable of loading up to Panamax size vessels. The Lucky Eyre is an 87-metre self-propelled, self-discharging vessel with a capacity of between 3,300 and 3,500 tonnes and a nameplate loading capacity of up to 13,800 tonnes per day.
The grain export facility will feature steel silos with 20,500 tonnes of grain capacity and a 500 metre rock causeway with grain conveyed to a ship loader for loading onto the transhipment vessel. A bunker site will feature six bunkers with a total of 240,000 tonnes of grain capacity.
12/7/2020 · Located on the shores of the Spencer Gulf, on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, is the Lucky Bay grain storage and export facility , operated by T-Ports. The facility , which features 24,000 tonnes of grain storage in steel silos at the port, sits on the edge of a shallow water bay and provides an alternative export option for the local growers in the region.
4/29/2019 · T-Ports proposed grain terminal at Wallaroo will be its second in South Australia, and plans include 32,000 tonnes of vertical storage. Image: T-Ports A SECOND grain terminal is set to be built at Wallaroo on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula as the newest entrant in Australian portside bulk-handling, T-Ports, looks to expand its footprint.
7/28/2019 · T-Ports transhipment technology is capable of operating in seas of up to 5m wave height and 30 knot winds. A transhipment port facility has a much lower environmental footprint, reducing the ecological disturbance in comparison to deep water facilities .
7/25/2019 · The Eyre Peninsula’s newest grain facility is ready for business in the 2019 season. T-Port’s new facility consists of 500,000 tonnes of bunker storage at Lucky Bay and Lock, plus a shallow …
1/30/2021 · Following the success of T-Port’s Lucky Bay Grain terminal, the company has started to build another facility nearby…. Bonfiglioli teams up with Kilic Engineering for major grain project Bonfiglioli has partnered with Kilic Engineering to deliver hoppers, silos and a boom conveyor to South Australian exporter T-Ports, as…, 4/23/2019 · The port will have silo facilities with about 32,000 tonnes of storage, while the second phase will see construction of bunkers with storage capacity up to 250,000t of grain . Mr Carvill said construction on the port, which is expected to have an annual grain throughput of up to 500,000t, is likely to begin in 2020, with the site to be operational in 2021.
11/11/2019 · Grain received will be exported through T-Port’s port facility at Lucky Bay. The company will transport grain between its operations through a new partnership with local freight operators, titled the Eyre Peninsula Freight Group. The group consists of a consortium of about 15 local freight companies with more than 40 trucks.
7/7/2015 · Port facilities suitable for handling grains and derivatives vary widely in their provision and normally include some or most of the following (a) ship discharge facilities such as pneumatic unloaders, augers, grabs or continuous bucket dischargers, normally mounted on rails for mobility (b) ship loading facilities such as swivelling chutes which are fixed or mobile for loading vessels but normally fixed for loading barges (c) berthing facilities …
