CBH to add 80,000 tonnes of extra storage at Chadwick near Esperance
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- Dec 14, 2017
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The CBH Group will add a further 80,000 tonnes of storage at its Chadwick receival site near Esperance to cater for the increasing production from the region.
Design plans have been finalised for four closed circular storage cells that will each have capacity to store 20,000 tonnes and have a combined unloading capability of 1,000 tonnes per hour.
Construction is expected to start in early 2018, with the new cells to increase Chadwick’s storage capacity to a total of 655,000 tonnes. Tendering for the contract is currently underway, and a contractor is expected to be appointed in January.
The closed circular storage cells will cater for the growing canola production in the south coast of the Esperance Zone, which has risen from 150,656 tonnes in 2006-07 to 421,158 tonnes in 2016-17. Most Western Australian canola is sold to the European bio fuels market.
The expansion at Chadwick is part of CBH’s Network Strategy to focus maintenance and capital investment on the core 100 sites that already receive more than 90 per cent of the annual crop.
The increased capacity at Chadwick is in addition to the 300,000 tonnes of storage that has been added to CBH’s network in 2017.
CBH General Manager Operations David Capper said the Esperance Zone has been leading in production growth in Western Australia for some years now.
“Although WA’s 2017-18 harvest will not be at the record levels reached last year, the Esperance zone is expected to surpass its previous year’s production and achieve a new receival record thanks to the favourable conditions in the area,” Mr Capper said.
The Esperance zone’s crop estimate is currently at 2.8 million tonnes for 2017-18, up from 2.67Mt reached in the prior year and significantly higher than the 1.7Mt recorded in 2012-13.
The zone has broken several records for the 2017-18 harvest including the highest amount of tonnes received in one day of 103,351.5 tonnes. Previously it was approximately 94,000 tonnes, which was reached in November 2015.
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