Material handling

Associated British Ports has announced a new partnership with electrical engineering specialists Ampcontrol, which will see it invest in a new facility at the Port of Ayr.

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd has announced that it has expanded its order for high ice class post-panamax dry bulk 95 000 dwt. vessels at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) from two to four vessels.

In 2016, AUMUND India supplied a wide range of bucket elevators and pan conveyors for the Jamul plant expansion project (Line 2).

GSI operates in several areas with equipment and complete plants for poultry, pig-breeding and grain storage, as well as being the world’s biggest producer of round steel silos.

Mantsinen’s new materials handling machine is the first portal machine of its size with turning wheels, which enables sideways movement and efficient use in limited space.

Flexicon’s new mobile drum tipper conveyor system allows dust-free dumping of bulk solid materials.

Jastrzebskie Zaklady Remontowe (JZR), a JSW Group company, has presented the first bottom scraper conveyor produced with its own resources and according to its own design.

Port of Newcastle is investing in a US$35 million ship unloader with the latest safety and environmental compliance features – a level of infrastructure investment unseen at Port of Newcastle since privatisation.

The world’s only vessels that operate around the clock, 365 days a year, need to ensure safety and maintenance are built into the design specifications of each ship, according to Corrado Cuccurullo, CEO of Shi.I.E.L.D.

A modular, hybrid, belt-over-apron feeder, the HAB feeder delivers the strength of an apron feeder with the spillage control of a conveyor system.

Leslie David at Dunlop writes a guide to the types of belt edge used in rubber conveyor belts.

Located in located in Vidanes (León), Northern Spain, Cimbria supplied 9 processing lines for cleaning pulses to their newly built factory.

Scorpio Bulkers Inc. has announced that the Company has entered into agreements with an unaffiliated third party to sell the SBI Puma and SBI Cougar, 2014 and 2015 built Ultramax vessels.

CIS has announced that it has completed a major pile-driving operation in conjunction with construction of a new US$240 million phosphates terminal in Jordan.

The company has supplied an arched plate conveyor to the Warta plant in Poland, to feed limestone to the crusher at a conveying capacity of 1500 tph.