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Port reports steady cargo flows; second shiploader offloaded and entering commissioning
Summary
Operations staff reported multiple inbound and outbound shipments across terminals, and engineering staff said the port offloaded a second shiploader to replace equipment lost to Hurricane Laura and expects commissioning within about a month.
Operations and engineering staff updated the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District on Jan. 30 about recent cargo movements and equipment recovery following Hurricane Laura.
Operations staff reported recent city-dock activity including an aluminum hydrate ship (~10,000 tons), a cargo transfer (~15,000 tons), two lumber vessels (28,000 cubic meters), two shipments of liquid sodium hydrosulfide (about 8,000 tons), and a bagged-rice shipment for USDA of roughly 18,000 short tons currently being loaded. Additional City Docks items on the schedule included another 25,000-ton aluminum hydrate shipment, a 16,000 cubic-meter lumber shipment, and project cargo movements.
At BT-1 and other terminals, staff reported handling multiple raw coke and calcined shipments, new shiploader receipt, and aggregate barge traffic supporting a Shaw project (12 barges received, close to 40,000 tons, with another 18 barges planned for ~50,000 tons). Operations staff said a briquette ship was discharging about 63,000 tons and a new shiploader had been received.
Engineering staff reported progress on replacing shiploaders lost in Hurricane Laura. "We have been offloading our second shiploader this week... It's very, very similar to our shipper that we took possession of last fall," the engineer (Nick) said, adding that common parts and similar design will simplify operations and spare-parts management. Staff said commissioning should take about a month, and they expect to reach pre-hurricane operational capability as commissioning concludes.
No board action was required; staff invited questions and said they would return with visuals and footage of the new shiploader once commissioning progresses.
