OT Port Świnoujście, part of the OT Logistics Capital Group, will convert the existing chemical raw materials warehouse at the Chemików Quay into a grain elevator. The facility will be commissioned in September 2017. The target storage capacity of the elevator will be 82,500 tons of grain and other agro-products. The investment value will amount to approximately PLN 40 million.
The conversion of the chemical raw materials warehouse into a grain elevator is being carried out as part of the first stage of the construction of the Agro terminal in Świnoujście. The facility, located on the Chemików Quay leased by OT Port Świnoujście, will be 50 m wide and 254 m long. The elevator will have a total storage capacity of 82,500 tons of grain.
– The investment in the new elevator is of great importance for our port and is in line with the implementation of the new OT Logistics development strategy announced in April. As a Group, we strive to further increase our share in the agro-handling market
in Polish seaports, which is why such investments are a natural element of the development of port operations. We also want to become a leader in handling agricultural products in the Baltic Sea basin. The handling rate of OT Port Świnoujście for agro-goods currently stands at 15,000 tons per day. We estimate that thanks to this investment, the handling of agricultural products in our port will increase by 1 million tons per year – informs the Management Board of OT Port Świnoujście Sp. z o. o.
The facility will use advanced technologies enabling the loading and unloading of grain from trucks and railway wagons. The efficiency of unloading from trucks and grain filling is expected to be at least 500 tons/h. In turn, the efficiency of filling the elevator from railway wagons is estimated at a minimum of 500 tons/h. The target unloading efficiency from the elevator will be 2000 tons/h.
The contractor for the investment, selected through a tender, is FHU MULTI PROJEKT Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością Sp.K. The completion of the elevator conversion is planned for September 2017. The Chemików Quay, with a length of 282.50 m, handles ships with a maximum draft of 13.20 m. Currently, it is used for handling iron ore and construction aggregates.