Floating Cement Terminal

a floating cement terminal and cement technology, applied in waterborne vessels, special-purpose vessels, vehicles, etc., can solve the problems of increasing the number of waiting times, overcrowded ports or too small to handle current or increasing volumes, and affecting the supply of cement by cement manufacturers and cement suppliers. , to achieve the effect of reducing the waiting tim

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-11-11
21ST EQUITY HOMES DEV
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[0039]It is yet a further object of the present invention to provide a floating cement terminal, which provides major benefits to cement factories and cement buyers of not requiring charter costs, because the floating cement terminal can deliver directly to clients any amount of Po

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Cement manufacturers and cement suppliers experience numerous problems concerning supply of cement.
Manufacturers of cement have limited supply/output capacity in each country.
Ports may be overcrowded or too small to handle the current or increasing volumes of ships coming into or exiting the ports.
For example, construction companies require cost effective and timeous supply of cement for building projects, cement manufacturers' and their shareholders profit margins are impacted through over supply or under supply of cement.
When demand for cement in a country is high and local production cannot cope with demand, this resul

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[0052]With reference now to the drawings, and particularly to FIG. 1, there is shown a top view of a floating cement terminal 1. With reference to FIG. 2, the floating cement terminal 1 preferably includes a floating pontoon 10, at least one ship docking station 12, a cement storage warehouse 14, a cement packing station 16, a bulk cement loading station 18 and at least one vehicle ramp 20. The floating pontoon 10 is preferably fabricated from concrete for floating in a body of water 100. The floating pontoon 10 acts as a platform for the floating cement terminal 1. The floating pontoon 10 may be purchased from International Marine Floating Structures, www.floatingstructures.com. The floating pontoon 10 is retained on a body of water and adjacent a land mass 102, preferably with a plurality of bollards 22 positioned around a perimeter of the floating pontoon 10. The at least one vehicle ramp 20 allows vehicles access to the floating pontoon 10 from the land mass 102.

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A floating cement terminal includes a floating pontoon, at least one ship docking station, a cement storage warehouse, a cement packing station, a bulk cement loading station and at least one vehicle ramp. The floating pontoon is retained adjacent a land mass. The at least one vehicle ramp allows vehicles access to the floating pontoon from a land mass. Each ship docking station includes at least one ship unloader. The ship unloader removes cement from a docked ship and transfers the cement to the cement storage warehouse. Cement in the cement storage warehouse is transferred to the cement packing station and the bulk cement loading station. The cement going into the cement packing station is loaded into bags. The cement going to the bulk cement loading station is transferred to a plurality of silos for loading into tanker trucks. Electrical power is preferably supplied from a self-contained power source.

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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This is a nonprovisional application taking priority from provisional application no. 2009 / 03149 filed in the South Africa patent office on May 7, 2009.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates generally to the supplying cement and more specifically to a floating cement terminal, which allows a ship to off-load cement at a non-port location.[0004]2. Discussion of the Prior Art[0005]Cement manufacturers and cement suppliers experience numerous problems concerning supply of cement. Manufacturers of cement have limited supply / output capacity in each country. The reason for the limited supply is due to the fact that cement factories are designed to have a certain production or output capacity. Cement Factories / Manufacturers invest usually in the range of $85 million up to $300 million for a cement factory with an annual production capacity of approximately only 2 million metric tons. Ports ...

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IPC IPC(8): B63B35/44
CPCB63B2035/4473B63B35/44
Inventor SCHUERMANN, STEPHAN E.
Owner 21ST EQUITY HOMES DEV
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