New! GFMT article: Efficient barge unloading technology

Sandro Suppa and Vincent van der Wijk of Bühler, Switzerland describe the how transporting grain by barge is an ecological and cost-efficient alternative to railway and truck haulage.

 Since time immemorial, ships have been used to deliver bulk goods over long distances, using the river current as a natural force to carry them downstream or yoking draft animals for upstream transport. Although trucks and trains have taken up a large part of this task in the modern age, barges are still a viable alternative for many goods. A barge carrying one ton of cargo can travel five times as far on five liters of diesel as a truck with the same freight – 500 km compared to the truck’s 100 km of range overland. A ship carrying 3,000 tons of goods is equivalent to 50 railway cars or 100 trucks.

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Efficient barge unloading technology

New issue of GFMT online now

The first issue of Grain and Feed Milling Technology is at the printer and online now. We've kicked off the year with a bumper 68-page issue including articles on controlling explosions in hammer mills, barge unloading technology and feed enzymes in animal nutrition.

Vigan

VIGAN manufactures bulk materials handling systems mainly:

• Mobile pneumatic conveyors or vacuvators or grain pumps.
• Pneumatic continuous barge unloaders and mechanical barge loaders.
• Mechanical and pneumatic continuous ship unloaders for vessels up to post-Panamax.
• Mechanical loaders for any size of ships.

VIGAN capabilities include also complete turnkey projects for port terminal including ship unloading and loading, storage facilities and bagging operations.

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Video: Bühler’s new mechanical barge unloader

I am researching articles on grain transportation for GFMT magazine and came across this very informative video about Bargolink, Bühler’s new mechanical barge unloader.

Bargolink sets new standards in the areas of energy consumption, gentle product handling and low maintenance. Find out more here or watch the video below.

Photos: Grain ship loaded in UK

East Anglian exports got a boost as the largest grain ship ever loaded in Norfolk and Suffolk left Gleadell's Great Yarmouth Terminal headed for Portugal.
“We have just loaded the largest ship ever in Norfolk and Suffolk at our Great Yarmouth export/import terminal,” says Trevor Gates, Gleadell’s East Anglia Regional Manager. “This week, Mv Zapolyarye took on close to 19,000 tonnes of 72 kg feed wheat bound for Portugal.  This is yet another example of the way our export campaign is providing market outlets for East Anglian farmers in a difficult season."  More information...