Efficient material handling is the backbone of any successful port operation. As global trade continues to expand, the demand for faster, more flexible, and cost-effective shiploading solutions is greater than ever. Telestack, a global leader in mobile bulk material handling, offers a comprehensive range of innovative feeding methods designed to optimise shiploading processes, ensuring unrivalled efficiencies and flexibility.

Traditionally, shiploading could be a bottleneck in the logistics chain, often leading to slower turnaround times and increased operational costs. However, with Telestack's advanced mobile equipment, ports and terminals worldwide are transforming their operations by adopting systems that seamlessly integrate with various material delivery methods.

Where Do Telestack Fit In?

Understanding Telestack's Feeding Solutions

Telestack provides tailor-made packages to meet diverse operational needs, ensuring that whether your material arrives by truck, wheel loader, or existing conveyor systems, your shiploading process remains efficient and streamlined. 

Here are the key methods of feeding Telestack shiploaders:

Truck to Ship: This method utilises mobile truck unloaders that directly feed a radial telescopic shiploader. This direct feed minimises double handling of materials, significantly reducing dust and spillage on the quayside or jetty area. This approach is particularly common for loading barges and coaster vessels.

Mobile Truck loading Titan T800-6 onto the Telescopic Shiploader TS 1042

Wheel Loader to Ship: For operations where material is delivered by wheel loaders, mobile hopper feeders are employed to feed a radial telescopic shiploader. This system offers flexibility in material handling and direct loading, bypassing intermediate steps.

Wheel Loader Feeding AP 1500 D3 Feeder onto a TB 52 Radial Telescopic Shiploader

Link to Ship: Mobile link conveyors provide a seamless connection between the material source and the mobile shiploader. This method is ideal for creating an extended and flexible conveying line, adapting to various layout requirements within the port.

TS 542 Radial telescopic shiploading from link conveyors

Overhead Conveyor to Ship: For facilities with existing infrastructure, rail-mounted shiploaders can directly load barges from silos via overhead or tripper conveyors. This integrates new mobile solutions with established fixed systems, maximising efficiency.

TS 527 Rail Mounted Shiploader being fed via overhead conveyors

The Telestack Advantage: Why Mobile Feeding is a Game-Changer

The adoption of mobile equipment for shiploader feeding brings a host of benefits that directly impact productivity, safety, and cost-efficiency:

Enhanced Flexibility: Mobile systems can be easily relocated and reconfigured, adapting to changing operational demands and varying vessel sizes. This flexibility allows for the efficient trimming of single or multiple hatches from a single feed-in position, reducing hatch change times and minimising production downtime.

Reduced Operational Costs and Capital Investment: By minimising the need for fixed civil infrastructure and extensive planning requirements, mobile feeding solutions significantly lower capital expenditure. They also reduce ongoing operational costs by decreasing reliance on wheel loaders on site, saving fuel and labour.

Improved Material Quality and Environmental Control: Telestack's feeding systems are designed to minimise material degradation and contamination by reducing unnecessary contact and double handling. Advanced dust containment, suppression, and extraction technologies are integrated to promote a cleaner and safer working environment, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations.

Increased Safety: Mobile equipment contributes to a safer work environment by reducing manual handling and the need for heavy machinery in active loading zones. Features like radio remote control further enhance operator safety.

Versatility and Multi-functionality: Telestack's single feeding units can often handle both loading and unloading processes, streamlining operations with a single solution for all vessel handling requirements.

Telestack's commitment to innovation and decades of experience in the logistics chain ensure that their mobile bulk material handling systems provide innovative and reliable solutions to their worldwide customer base. By choosing Telestack, you're investing in a future where port operations are more agile, efficient, and sustainable.

To learn more about how Telestack can revolutionise your shiploading operations, explore the range of Ports & Terminals equipment.