Takoradi Sees Biggest Bulk Ship – and Record Activity

Takoradi Port has received the biggest bulk ship ever to call the port since its construction in 1928. The bauxite vessel, mv Baby Hercules, is a Capesize bulker with a 240m LOA and a draught of 16 meters, the first ever with these dimensions. Bedeschi S.p.a. supplied all the conveyor lines of the terminal, the two shiploaders and one eco-hopper, which enabled the vessel to load a record of 106,530 metric tons of Bauxite in just five days, which compares favourably to needing between 12 and 15 days to load the same volumes without the equipment from Bedeschi S.p.a.