Hansaport accelerates iron ore and coal lodaing
Two new shunting robots enable HHLA holding Hansaport to load faster iron ore and coal to rail wagons
Hansaport is preparing to accelerate its automated loading of iron ore and coal to rail wagons. In early February next year two new shunting robots will start operating on the large company area. The diesel-electro machines have a maximum pull weight of 6,000 tons. Single wagons can be loaded with up to 2,000 tons per hour. The HHLA holding Hansaport has its own railway station with 15 tracks. About 80 per cent of the annual volume at 15 million tons of incoming cargo is further forwarded on the rail. Loading and unloading is largely automated – unloading of vessels, transportation on conveyor belts, control of the loading station and shunting of goods trains by the new robots. Hansaport is Germany’s largest seaport terminal for bulk goods. The company area comprises three unloading places with a water depth of 15.1 metres for ocean-going vessels and two berths for coasters and river vessels. The heaps for interim storage of iron and coal cover about 350,000 m² of the open area. Quelle: LogEastics |