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New contracts for Schenck Process in the United Kingdom and Jordan Schenck Process has secured two major contracts for Redler mechanical conveying equipment for use in ports in United Kingdom and Jordan. The contract in Liverpool, United Kingdom is for Peel Ports and is an extension to the animal feed storage facility valued at several million pounds. Schenck Process is acting as the M&E contractor for the bulk materials handling equipment and this will be interfacing with the existing system and supplying new high capacity 800t/ph chain conveyors, a long high level belt conveyor plus a MaxiStore and reversing shuttle conveyor complete with the site wiring, controls, installation and commissioning. The project in Jordan is for the new grain terminal at the Port of Aqaba in Jordan. The contract valued at 4 million is a significant award with this being the third grain silo project secured in the past 12 months within the Middle East region. The order is for five packages including the chain conveyors, belt conveyors, belt and bucket elevators, magnetic separators and bulk weigh scales with other business opportunities available within the project for Schenck Process. Noise reduction project finally given green light in Vancouver Having received the necessary project
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permits from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA), Canada, Cargill can now move forward with its noise mitigation project, first announced in April 2012. The multi-phase project supports efforts to reduce noise impact levels caused by Cargills grain terminal located on Vancouvers North Shore and will consist of the installation of two fan exhaust silencers, eight dust collector silencers as well as sound absorbing barriers along the north side of the facility. The project also includes the re-distribution of ventilation fans to reduce noise levels for the nearest residences. We are looking forward to moving on to the next phase of this project, said Gerry Dickie, general manager at Cargills North Vancouver grain terminal. We understand the positive impact that these improvements to our facility will have on reducing the noise levels experienced by the surrounding community, and we are thankful to the VFPA for approving our plans. We are very pleased to be supporting Cargill as it invests in its operations and the community through the noise mitigation project, said Duncan Wilson, vice president of corporate social responsibility at Port Metro Vancouver. Together with our tenants, terminals and partners in industry we continually coordinate investments to preserve the quality of life that communities have grown to expect in the busy and growing region of the Lower Mainland.

Record grain exports at Melbourne Port Terminal February 2013 was a bumper month for grain exports at Emerald Grains Melbourne Port Terminal, Australia. The grain handling facility has reported its strongest month of exports since it opened in 2000. During February, more than 185,000 tonnes of grain passed through the facility and on to eight destinations across Asia and Africa including China, Japan and Mozambique. Glen Collision, general manager storage and handling, Emerald Grain said the record month was thanks to improved efficiencies across Emeralds supply chain. Emerald has a long-term lease of two locomotives which transport grain quickly from Emeralds storage sites in New South Wales and Victoria and through to the port. Melbourne Port Terminals previous highest month of exports was 145,000 tonnes in July 2012. The terminal requires grain exporters to deliver a minimum 50 percent of grain via rail to help increase throughput. Emerald has also introduced an efficient truck-scheduling system enabling 4,000 tonnes road deliveries per day, said Collison. The system assists with the flow of traffic through Appleton Dock and means logistics companies enjoy a much
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faster turnaround. Everyone along the grain supply chain benefits from port efficiencies. Growers see better returns on their grain, exporters can meet their shipping slot requirements and international customers have access to high quality grain from south eastern Australia. Most grain leaving the port over February was exported in bulk (loaded directly into the ships hull) while around 20,000 tonnes was packed in containers. Some African destinations dont yet have the capacity to receive grain in bulk. Melbourne Port Terminals container packing facility means Emerald still has the ability to reach this important export market, said Collison. Emerald took control of Melbourne Port Terminals operations when it acquired storage and handling group Australian Bulk Alliance in March 2012. The facility has 48,000 tonnes of onsite storage and the capacity to export more than 1.2 million tonnes of grain per year. GrainCorp able to transfer bulk grain capacity Australias competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has agreed GrainCorps plans to allow customers to transfer grain capacity to other users in its port network. This change will result in a more efficient use of port terminal capacity by reducing the chance that capacity will go unused at peak times, said Joe Dimasi, ACCC commissioner. A similar system is already implemented by other operators including CBH and Viterra. At present GrainCorp handles the majority of grain shipping from eastern states on a first come first serve basis. Its hoped that the new system, which comes into effect on April 23, 2013, will help reallocate capacity to its most economically efficient use. The revised protocols are available on GrainCorps website. First birthday for CBH and Watco rail partnership On March 30, 2013 the CBH Group and Watco reached their first year anniversary working together to move the states grain harvest on rail. Colin Tutt, general manager operations, CBH Group, said that since CBH and Watco ran their first rail service from Kwinana twelve months ago, nearly 5 million tonnes have been moved on rail. Together, we have moved 3.5 million tonnes into Kwinana port and Metro Grain Centre, and 1.5 million tonnes into both the Geraldton and Albany ports, he said.
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