Excellent post.
Since Riso has permanent amnesia re anything good,a previous post-via purported email from Bob-indicated mag sep will arrive Nov 15-20. Don't remember Bullitts exact figures but believe mag sep could process a 35000 ton shipment in ca 1 week w 2 shifts,so it could ship this month as per todays PR-the superfines going via container ship,while dredging for the larger Panamax dry bulk carriers is completed in Dec.
Other than very large etc oil carriers the Panamax ships are the largest general shipping-sized to enable Panama canal transit w max allowed draft of 12.04 meters(ca 39.5 feet)and 60000-80000 ton capacity,19% of bulk carriers.
The next size bulk carrier-to be initially used by CWRN for the larger size ore-are the Handymax(35000-59000 ton)representing 37 %of dry bulk carriers and/or the-"Handysize"class,which carry 10000-35000 tons,34% of bulk carriers, with presumed smaller draft-thus used until larger vessel dredging is complete.(see Wikipedia under dry bulk carriers).
To provide perspective,once dredging to 15 meters(ca 49-49.5')is done,Ensenada will be one of the deeper deepwater ports. Most older deepwaters are only 40'(includes many U.S. ports-sized for Panamax carriers w 39.5' draft),w newer deep ports ca 50'. Though its difficult to find depth info on ports.
Another definition of "deep water" is 7m or 25' or more-any less is considered "recreational".
Thus,one of the ten busiest worldwide "deep water" ports is only 7m(in China) and San Francisco only 30 feet. The deepest I've found on the west coast is Long Beach(next to L.A.)-upgrading to 53' by extending terminals farther out.
As ITMD pointed out CWRN certainly has the capacity to run 1.5 fully loaded 75000 ton ships/month.
