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Furthermore, Westshore Terminals experienced a mechanical failure of its shiploader in January, 2011 that significantly disrupted coal loading operations for a two-week period.
unknown title 2011
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The load-out berth comprises a 100 m long approach jetty complete with roadway and elevated conveyor trusses; a transfer station platform with wharf conveyor, drive and belt change-out areas; and a wharf structure to supports the shiploader.
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The wharf includes shiploader rails; six independent berthing dolphins including fenders and quick release mooring hooks and controls; and trafficable concrete deck required for maintenance and associated traffic.
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The wharf includes shiploader rails; six independent berthing dolphins including fenders and quick release mooring hooks and controls; and trafficable concrete deck required for maintenance and associated traffic.
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The company also owns a shiploader at Newcastle in NSW and has the advanced Panorama polymetallic project in Western Australia.
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The continued closure of Chile's Patache port terminal since a Dec. 18 shiploader accident will continue to underpin sentiment, with the Collahuasi mine maintaining production but as yet unable to secure an alternative route to get the concentrate to customers.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Rene Pastor 2010
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The giant mine, which produces 3.3 percent of the world's mined copper or 535,000 tones per year, suspended shipments on Monday after a shiploader accident killed three workers and closed its Patache port terminal over the weekend.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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Overland conveyors would be constructed to transfer coal from the stockpile to the jetty and a shiploader would also be constructed in the new berth.
IOL: News 2010
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