Marine bulk materials terminal at Dunkirk, France, consists of 150 acre ship basin, half-mile long dock, 2 storage yards and full complement of unloading, conveying, stocking and reclaiming equipment; 2 rope-operated, mantrolley ship unloaders are particularly suited to operate with 32,000 ton capacity super-freighters bringing iron ore from western Africa; at design free-digging rate of 1430 metric tph and digging cycle of 34 sec from ship's hold to hopper, 2 unloaders empty one super-freighter in less than 24 hr.
Europe's largest ore unloaders
South African Min Eng J
South African Mining and Engineering Journal ; 75 , n 3717
1964
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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