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High Capacity Grain Handling Transfer Reclaim System – Port of Tilbury Phase 2

A High-Capacity Conveying & Elevating Transfer Reclaim System At The Port Of Tilbury Grain Terminal

(Extension of Silo 3 Contract)

Customer Overview
The Port of Tilbury London Ltd is based in the Southeast of England and located on the banks of the River Thames just down from the QE2 bridge.  Within the Port is the UK’s largest import and export Grain Terminal which is reported to handle approximately 2 million tonnes of cereals, pulses & beans per annum.  The facility was initially constructed in the 1960s and plays a significant role throughout the global market in ensuring the food chain is reliably supported & supplied with on time quality materials.

Project Overview
The dust explosion within the Grain Terminal’s Concrete Silo No 4 brought with it the added problem that even with the steel Silo No. 3 complex fully erected and operational, the actual means of feeding & reclaiming grains from the new storage would not be possible.  To make matters worse the belt conveying gallery around the concrete silos which feeds the mills of ADM & Allied plus the adjacent large 16,000 tonne bulk store had also been badly damaged and would be demolished entirely once the explosion damaged facility was removed.

To remedy the situation T H WHITE Projects engineered a solution in conjunction with the client for a new conveying and elevating system which would link the Grain Terminal Centre House to the steel silos, mill feed gallery and bulk store.  As Phase 2 of the overall project, the transfer reclaim system would be designed and installed in tandem with the Silo 3 Contract whilst also within a very tight footprint allowing the reconstruction of the concrete grain Silo No4 alongside.

Civil Engineering

- Excavations, demolition and temporary works
- UXO survey
- 6m deep elevator pit, plinths, bases
- Driven piling co-ordination
- Conveyor tunnel and overhead bridge
- Drainage, sumps, pumps and connections

Mechanical and Structural Engineering

- 3 x 500tph transfer chain conveyors
- 3 x 650tph reclaim chain conveyors
- 1 x 700tph belt and bucket elevator
- 45m high process and access steel tower
- Double deck gantries, trestles and transfer tower
- Tower to Silo 3 bridge gantry
- Explosion suppression protection
- Dust extraction, filter and ductwork
- Hazard and fire monitoring system

Electrical Engineering

- Complete site wiring, containment, MCC’s c/w clad steel building
- Dedicated transfer reclaim transformer within fenced enclosure adjacent to switch room
- Fully automated software, control & integration with grain terminal
- MCC and associated system panels located within switch room
- Cable containment, site wiring and lighting
- System operational software commissioning

Fabricated steel access and process towers

16,000T

Bulk Storage Facility

20,000T

Steel Silo 3 Complex

T H WHITE Projects Roles

Port of Tilbury London Limited

The Grain Terminal

Tilbury

Essex

RM18 7LR

Quotes

  • At T H WHITE PROJECTS, we like a challenge and this substantial addition to the Silo 3 Contract had the requirement of being engineered and installed within a very restrictive footprint against a complex programme of works. Thanks to all those individuals involved in achieving the deadline and getting the client operational again.

    Andrew Workman, Head of Business Development T H WHITE Projects

    In summary

    SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES
    This phase of the Port of Tilbury works delivered:

    • Independent, available handling system in advance of Silo 4 completion
    • Daily transfer of wheat to adjacent flour milling customers
    • Filling and discharge from new 20,000t Silo 3 grain storage complex
    • Direct from Vessel or Terminal feed to 16,000t bulk storage facility

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