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Re: grajekk post# 14889

Thursday, 12/23/2010 3:09:32 PM

Thursday, December 23, 2010 3:09:32 PM

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Originally the port said the dredging would be done in December,but,as usual in life, that was delayed to a finish in Jan.
Pesquero had an excellent post (a lot of them actually)showing a picture of a ship at the dock-where it off-loaded some bulk material,while 2 different dredges were operating around the ship. So they work the dredging in a rotating fashion to minimize any interference with shipping,but again, to be on the safe side, they want to finish dredging before allowing the larger Panamax ships.

CWRN has enough material stockpiled for the initial 35000 ton ship and very possibly for another ship. The superfines have probably been all separated as the 3 or 4 separators for the superfines(0-3mm)have been on site and presumably operational since November.
The separator en route to site now,hopefully having passed customs as one post suggested,can process 32000 tons in two 16 hour days.
I don't have any inside info but this suggests to me,once the 3-18mm separator arrives,things could get moving pretty fast.

I estimated 12 or 13 day transit time to China one way. They stated intention to do 1-2 75,000 ton Panamax/month,so given 30 days round trip/month(adding loading and unloading times)this could mean using 2 ships once everything gets moving.