EQUIPMENT

Shiploader for narrow quay work in Peru

17 years ago

A new flexible narrow quay installation to load copper and gold ores for the Gold Fields La Cima facility at the Port of Salaverry in Peru has been commissioned from B&W Mechanical Handling.

00_95610_Port_of_Salaverry_Shiploader — The loader at work at the Port of Salaverry in Peru

The heavy duty 900 tonnes per hour unit has an integrated 180 degree slewing feeder enabling it to discharge off either side of the quay.

Mounted on a single chassis the shiploader allows both powered in-line and parallel movement, and the high level of mobility makes the unit ideal for operations on narrow quays and finger jetties with widths as small as 15 metres