Dust Control for Ship Loading and Unloading
Huge volumes of airborne dust can be generated when bulk cargo materials are loaded/unloaded at ports and rail/road truck loading facilities. This poses health, safety, and environmental risks and creates operational challenges.
Mobile dust collectors provide an effective solution to comply with health, safety, and environmental regulations and can increase operational efficiencies. They enable faster ship loading/unloading times and minimise the loss of valuable products.
Dust Control. Mining Applications.
This video shows a Grydale mobile dust collector extracting dust during the unloading of dry bulk cargo at a Queensland Port. By extracting the dust and exhausting clean air into the atmosphere, the risks of dangerous airborne contaminants are minimised, protecting the health and safety of workers and safeguarding the surrounding environment. This approach also generates significant operational efficiencies.
Health, Safety and Environment. Driving Demand for Effective Dust Control Solutions at Ports.
Ports are integral to global infrastructure, and businesses and residential communities have been built around them. Increased maritime traffic means ships arriving to load and unload bulk goods are subject to tighter timeframes and increased costs. There is also a wider recognition of the importance of managing dust created during loading and unloading and tighter regulations to protect workers’ health and safety.
Dust is created when dry products, such as grains, fertilizers, coal, iron ore, bauxite, or sands, are loaded into or from vessels or hoppers via conveyors or buckets/clamshells.
Protecting the health and safety of our maritime workers and residents from the hazardous effects of respirable dust is the main priority. Followed by protecting our valuable waterways and oceans from dust and contaminants that can pollute and harm our sea life and vegetation. However, the longer vessels are in ports loading / loading; the more fees are incurred (demurrage and labour); implementing effective dust control measures can generate significant operational efficiencies and cost savings. Increasing the efficiency of ship loading/unloading means that vessels have quicker turnaround times and spend less time in ports / saving on labour and demurrage costs.
Dust Control During Loading / Unloading. Key Benefits.
- Dust control protects the health and safety of workers from hazardous respirable dust particles.
- Dust control protects visitors, residents and businesses surrounding ports from exposure to harmful dust.
- Dust control protects our valuable waterways and oceans from airborne dust and contaminants that may pollute and harm our sea life and vegetation.
- Dust control improves efficiencies by allowing conveyors to operate at increased speeds, reducing loading and unloading speeds and saving time and money.
- Dust control enables faster turnaround times. The increased speed and efficiency of loading/unloading means vessels spend less time in ports, reducing demurrage costs.
- Dust collection equipment enables the reclaiming of valuable products that otherwise would have been lost to the atmosphere.
Mobile Dust Collectors. Dust Extraction at the Source.
Grydale mobile dust collectors can be easily positioned on port loading / unloading decks to manage dust created from ship loading and unloading a wide range of products either via clamshells or conveyors. Skid mounted units can be moved using cranes or castor wheels. Alternatively track units are self-propelled to move into position when required and moved out of position when not in use.
Single air intakes can be used to extract dust from a single source or multiple side air intakes can be used to extract dust from multiple sources (e.g. lowered into a ship hull during loading).
Grydale JMS M-Series dust collectors offer:
- Air Volumes: 6m3/s (12,000 CFM) to 60m3/s (125,000 CFM)
- Power options: Diesel, Electric, Hybrid
- Mobility options: skid, track-mounted, castor-wheel
Our in-house engineering team can support with specification of the right dust collection equipment and ducting set-up.
Our Experience. Dust Control During Ship Loading / Unloading.
Client: Fertilizer Manufacturer
Application: Ship Loading – Fertilizer
Solution: JMS-50-MES Dust Collector
Using a JMS-50-MES dust collector while loading fertilizer product increased conveyor loading speeds from 180T to 600T per hour. This represents a huge operational cost and time saving for ship loading, with dramatically reduced port demurrage charges and reduced labour costs. In addition, the dust discharged from the dust collector is captured in 1T bulker bags and can be utilised as product.
Client: Rio Tinto – Boyne Smelters
Application: Ship Unloading – Coke
Solution: JMS-20-MDT Dust Collector
Grydale has provided dust collection from four different locations throughout the entire unloading process by using 3 x JMS-20-MDT (20m3/s Mobile, Diesel, Track) Dust Collectors, along with an experienced Operations Maintenance Technician to provide 24-hour support to ensure continuous productivity and avoid costly shutdowns.
Clients: Various
Application: Loading / Unloading – Grain
Solution: Mobile Dust Collectors
Grain handling is a high-hazard industry where workers are exposed to several health and safety risks that require mitigation. The loading of grain into the holds of vessels can produce excessive levels of airborne organic dusts. Exposure to large amounts of grain dust is known to cause respiratory health issues and can also post a wider safety and environmental risk. In addition, moving and handling grain creates dust, which when combined with other components, typically found in a grain handling environment, can also result in grain dust explosions. By controlling grain dust emissions, you can provide a cleaner and safer environment for workers and the community.
Flexible Investment Options. Purchase or Short-Long Term Rental.
Purchase Options
We currently have stock of new and refurbished dust collectors for immediate purchase along with efficient manufacturing facilities in QLD, Australia.
Rental Fleet
Grydale currently has one of the largest rental fleets of mobile dust collectors in the country, offering air volumes from 6m3/s (12,000 CFM) to 60m3/s (125,000 CFM). Units are available for short-, medium-, and long-term rental.
Wet and Dry Hire Arrangements
- Dry Hire: Our team provide full operator training to allow you to run units on site effectively.
- Wet Hire: We can provide a team of staff to operate the dust collectors during ship / loading if required.
Service and Maintenance
We have service teams across Australia to provide full support for units. Our team provide scheduled and preventive servicing and maintenance of equipment to ensure maximum up-time of equipment.
Dust Control. Ship Loading and Unloading.
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