November 21, 2024 - The Port of Constanta in Romania is one of the most important and heavily trafficked trans-shipment hubs in the greater Black Sea region. Umex's grain and fertiliser terminals, designed by Cimbria, at this port aims to enhance food supply and food security domestically and internationally through Cimbria's grain, seed and fertiliser processing and storage solutions.
Cimbria has announced the latest developments in the fertiliser terminal for their customer Umex SA Constanta as the final part of the project was recently completed. Located just 700 metres from Cimbria's new grain handling and storage facility, dedicated to optimising handling and storage of fertiliser is now complete. The new fertiliser terminal, a multifunctional warehouse capable of handling and storing up to 66,000 million tonnes of bulk features an automated filling system for efficient bulk fertiliser loading. The warehouse will help alleviate fertiliser shortages resulting from recent growing supply chain disruptions.
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Umex is a port operator and logistics expert, assisting safe and efficient intermodal transport of goods within the Port of Constanta, ensuring supply chain security. The partnership supports the port's growing need for the additional handling and storage of grains, seeds and fertilisers. This port links landlocked countries in Central and Eastern Europe with Africa, Central Asia and the Far East, handling over 67 million throughput yield (tpy) of cargo, of which 44 million tpy are dry bulk goods such as grains, seeds and other related products. This dry bulk volume represents a 25% increase from 2016.
Constanta port facility also handles over four million tonnes of natural and chemical fertilisers, up from just under three million tonnes in 2016. However, fertiliser scarcity is becoming increasingly evident as prices continue to soar worldwide, leaving countries vulnerable to diminished crop health and subsequent food shortages. This demonstrates that the grain and fertiliser terminals are important port infrastructure investments.
Both terminals facilitate but product offloading through multiple loading and trans-shipment flows. Trucks, trains and shipping vessels can offload grain or fertiliser products through the company's intake hoppers and bucket elevators, which then transfers to warehouses and silos via carefully mapped-out, self-emptying belt conveyor networks. The bucket elevators and belt conveyors can handle bulk products of up to 600tph. Cimbria equips all belt conveyors with electric speed guards to prevent slipping. Fully automated control systems monitor the temperature of bulk product levels, equipment temperatures, load speed and alignment.
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