Breakbulk reports Multipurpose heavy-lift operator AAL has delivered components for a grain shiploader to Port Metro Vancouver.
AAL Singapore built in 2010
The consignment involved a number of separate shipments from China aboard the A-Class vessel, the AAL Singapore. The largest component measured more than 66 meters in length and weighed 250 tons.
‘The cargo comprised a newly manufactured shiploader, dock conveyor and transfer tower – part of a wider infrastructure development that will boost grain throughput by millions of tonnes a year. The delivery of this crucial parcel in such an important project underscores our credentials as a service provider and ability to support major North American projects with optimum safety, efficiency and timely delivery,” said Felix Schoeller, general manager of AAL’s Pacific Liner Service.
The components will be assembled and installed at the Port’s Pacific Terminal by Ontario-based Convoy Logistics Providers on behalf of Canadian grain handling company Viterra. Once complete it will increase port throughput and allow loading of post-Panamax sized vessels.
