New bulk record for Beira

Fertiliser vessel discharge
productivity in the port
of Beira has gone from a
maximum of 2 000 metric tons
in a 24-hour period five years
ago to 7 000 tons, according to
Christian Roeder, deputy chief
executive officer of J&J Africa.
“The performance was
made possible through good
cooperation between Beira
Logistics Terminals (BLT),
Cornelder (the port operator)
and the vessel agent," he says.
The IVS Nightjar berthed
earlier this month to discharge
28 000 tons of bulk fertiliser
for Zimbabwe.
“Our logistics plan
combined the bulk transport
of 18 579 tons of fertiliser –
which was taken to the BLT
warehouses outside the port
– with the loading of 3 027
tons of bulk directly onto
J&J Transport trailers for
a customer in Zimbabwe,”
according to Roeder.
A total of 21 568.92 tons was
offloaded for the client (a large
Moroccan fertiliser company)
in 89 hours, peaking at 7 097
tons over 24 hours.
“It shows that Beira has
improved significantly and has
become much more efficient
due to investments and
procedural improvements by
Cornelder and local companies
such as BLT which have
invested in outside storage
facilities.
“Very competitive discharge
rates can be achieved when
clients plan properly and
develop combined offtake
solutions, such as bagging at
the quayside for direct trucking
to destination or storage, or
bulk offtake for storage and
bagging at outside facilities,”
he says.
CAPTION
Th IVS Nightjar discharged 28 000 tons of bulk fertiliser for
Zimbabwe at the Port of Beira recently.