Terminal Rinfuse GE

The terminal is equipped to handle the complete range of dry bulk, namely: coal, rock salt, sands, cement, fertilizers, minerals, biomass (e.g. woodpellet, woodchip and PKS), project cargo, steel products. The company offers its clients the benefits of an efficient and experienced organization specialized in loading/unloading operations, storage and reload on train and truck.

Genoa’s dry bulk terminal covers a surface area of 134,000 sqm and features three quays with a total berthing line of approximately 930 linear meters and depth alongside up to 11.58 m. TRGE offers two warehouses, Rubattino and Giaccone, with a total surface area of 15,000 sqm. One of them, is positioned on Rubattino quay, just behind the wharf cranes and it’s divided into separate areas with sliding roofs enabling discharging to be carried out directly from the vessels to storage.

At the beginning of 2014, TRGe decided to dedicate the entire Giaccone warehouse, 8,000 sqm, for storage and bagging of woodpellet and invested 1 million euros in the installation of a high
speed fully automated machine dedicated to bag packing and palletization of woodpellets and rock salt. The new seal bagging and robotic palletizing line can manage peaks of up to 1,200 15-kg sacks per hour.

TRGe is equipped with four gantry cranes with a capacity which ranges from 12 to 80 tons, 3 hopper chains, 2 of them are equipped with de-dusted system on board, that are used to discharge dusty products, and over 2500 meters of fully automated conveyor stacking line with an integrated rail/truck loading system. All the terminal quays feature on-dock rail loading facilities which ensure the fast dispatch of rail cars. Every pier is equipped with truck washing system. The full range of terminal mobile vehicles include Front loaders, forklifts up to 32-ton capacity, a mobile charger. A tank truck, 2 bobcat and 1 sweeper are employed for dust control and cleaning services.