Project Overview

Project: Limestone Transshipment Terminal

Client: Paradise Point Marine

Job Site: Paradise Point
Chesapeake, Virginia

Scope of Work: Design, Engineering, and Procurement

Project Description:
EDC was awarded a contract to design, engineer, and procure a limestone transshipment terminal for Paradise Point Marine.  The project involved 2 materials handling systems: one for stockpiling and one for reclaiming.

Stockpiling system: Limestone from self-unloading ships is unloaded into a new receiving hopper.  The hopper is mounted on rails above Belt Conveyor A-1 so that it can travel along the conveyor to receive limestone from multiple unloading points on the same ship.  The hopper is outfitted with a vibrating feeder to control material feed rate onto Belt Conveyor A-1, with a maximum feed rate of 1500 TPH.  Belt Conveyor A-1 feeds onto Belt Conveyor A-2.  At the head end of Belt Conveyor A-2, a new chute with flop gate was added.  The flop gate feeds onto two separate chutes, each outfitted with a telescopic chute, for the formation of two separate stockpiles.

Reclaiming System: A dozer trap receives limestone from the stockpile and discharges onto new Reclaim Conveyor #3 at 500 TPH.  Reclaim Conveyor #3 spans 260 feet over a waterway, and onto the dock for discharge onto a new Barge Loader.  The Barge Loader has a slewing boom for barge loading and so that rotating the Barge Loader out of the way when not in use.

The system was put into operation in the Spring 2008.