Posted on November, 20, 2024 at 10:25 am
The Port of Constanta in Romania is one of the most important and heavily trafficed trans-shipment hubs in the greater Black Sea region. UMEX’s grain and fertilizer terminals, designed by Cimbria, at this port aim to enhance food supply and food security domestically and internationally through Cimbria’s grain, seed and fertilizer processing and storage solutions.
Cimbria has announced the latest developments in the fertilizer terminal for their customer UMEX SA Constanta as the final part of the project was recently completed. Located just 700 m from Cimbria’s new grain handling and storage facility, dedicated to optimising handling and storage of fertilizer is now complete. The new fertilizer terminal, a multifunctional warehouse capable of handling and storing up to 66 000 million t of bulk, features an automated filling system for efficient bulk fertilizer loading. The warehouse will help alleviate fertilizer shortages resulting from recent growing supply chain disruptions.
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 fertilizers. This port links landlocked countries in central and eastern Europe with Africa, central Asia and the Far East, handling over 67 million 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 4 million t of natural and chemical fertilizers, up from just under 3 million t in 2016. However, fertilizer 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 fertilizer terminals are important port infrastructure investments.
Both terminals facilitate bulk product offloading through multiple loading and trans-shipment flows. Trucks, trains and shipping vessels can offload grain or fertilizer products through the company’s intake hoppers and bucket elevators, which then transfer 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 600 tph. Cimbria equips all belt conveyors with electronic speed guards to prevent slipping. Fully automated control systems monitor the temperature of bulk product levels, equipment temperatures, load speed, and alignment.
The company's involvement in the grain and fertilizer terminals at the Port of Constanta marks a pivotal moment in the company’s history and pushes its bulk product processing solutions to greater heights.
Source: World Fertilizer