HANDLING & STORAGE

At the port of Ghlin, with a total area of 22,000 m², the vastest private port in Wallonia…

Products handled :

Containers : 20 et 40 feet

Bulk & breakbulk :  snow-clearing salt, barks, oxide, coils, cereals, contaminated soil, coal, building materials, sand, etc.

HERE  A press article on salt storage at Deschieter

Handling equipment  :

2 SENNENBOGEN 825 and 840 hydraulic excavators with 2 m3 and 3 m3 grabs

2 reach stackers barge handler

3 lifts (28 T – 25 T and 2.5 T)

1 loader on Hitachi ZW310 tyres (4.2 m3 bucket)

1 Komatsu SK-714 mini loader with brush

1  18-metre covered conveyor (cereals)

Calibrated weighbridge

Enkele cijfers…

Infrastructure and facilities  :

• South dock: two 630 wharves – handling all types of products (bulk, conventional, containers)
• North dock:  810 m wharf – bulk handling
• Several open halls and one large, completely closed storage hall, subdivided into 3 1,200 m ² spaces – cf. press articles on the inauguration of these halls    HERE
• Short-term project   :
• 2 hectares to expand the storage capacity for 2017-2018
• Rail connection in 2017 with two 300-metre railway tracks

KEY FIGURES