The Bulk Materials Handling Plant
is a dry bulk export/import facility located nine miles
downstream from the Turning Basin Terminal. The plant’s
modern and well-
maintained ship-loading system can handle just about
any kind of dry bulk commodity, ranging from particles
as fine as sand to lumps eight inches in diameter and
weighing as much as 200 pounds per cubic foot.
Commodities are discharged from trucks
or rail cars into an underground hopper that feeds a
conveyor system and ship loader. This high-speed loading
system has a rated capacity of 1,800 short tons per
hour.
| The Facts About Bulk Materials |
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5100 Penn City Road, Houston, Texas
77015 |
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Located on Greens Bayou near Houston
Ship Channel |
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Built by PHA in 1961 |
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Operated by Kinder Morgan |
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Dry bulk import/export facility with
capacity to handle just about any kind of dry bulk
commodity, ranging from particles as fine as sand
to eight-inch lumps weighing as much as 200 pounds
per cubic foot |
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Equipped with a high-speed loading
system and a sophisticated dust collection system
that permits the handling of extremely dusty commodities |
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Key link in the transportation chain
for getting pet coke to market |
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1,200 foot berth with a working dock
of 650 feet long |
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Rated capacity of 1,800 short tons
per hour for commodities with heavy density |
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Channel depth is 40 feet at mean low
tide |
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Regular interchanges with the BN/SF
and the Union Pacific via Port Terminal Railroad
Association |
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Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
but can operate 24 hours a day if needed |
