Delta Dock is situated in an agricultural zone that produces great volumes of all type of grains, such as: Wheat, Corn, Soybean, Sunflower and its by- products.
Its proximity to these zones allows savings in the logistics of transport and handling, thus contributing to a cost effective positioning of these commodities in the port.
In addition the terminal counts with the facilities necessary to prepare / sample and condition grains, allowing an operation of reception and elevation to ships that consists of:

 

 

Reception

  • In order to offer a fluent and quiet operation during the unloading an ample parking area for trucks with multiple services is available. The area is fenced and guarded by private security.
  • Currently capacity of reception stands at 1,000 Tns/ hour.
  • 3 roofed tilting platforms for trucks are available.
  • Plant of preparation with 36,000 tons additional storage.
  • Reception, distribution and loading to vessels is carried out by covered conveyor belts thus avoiding deterioration of the grain by handling and maintaining the quality of the product.
  • Control of weight by means of two weight scales each one of 80,000 kg.
  • Pneumatic sampling of trucks, laboratory facilities for quality check.
  • Fumigation area.

 

 

Reception in Basin

  • A Gantry type Crane allows us to unload barges with a rate of 300 Tns hour. The dimensions of the bay allow the dockage of a convoy of barges.
  • A direct connection by conveyor belt and weight scale from the gantry crane towards the grain cells has been projected.

 

 

Storage and Preparation

  • Two cells of 70,000 tns.
  • 8 storing Silos for 36,000 tns.
  • DRYER with 250 tons/hour capacity to dry and to prepare.

 

 

Elevation

  • Using de two conveyors we can reach 1,100 Tns per hour rate.
  • The conveyors are able to move on the berth and allow simultaneous loading of 2 different holds at a time of a bulk carrier. Trimming and topping off can be carried out without the need of moving the vessel.
  • The loaded volumes are controlled by means of two bonded weight scales enabling to ascertain the exact weight loaded per hold.
  • The drying and conditioning plant is connected to the loading conveyors with a covered conveyor belt of 1,300 mts length with a capacity of 1,000 tns./hr.