Friday, June 7, 2013

Cargo ship unloads itself at Port of Redwood City (Video)

A new type of cargo boat unloaded itself at the Port of Redwood City Wednesday.

The CSL Tecumseh made its maiden voyage this week, carrying a load of 40,000 tons of material used to make ready-mix concrete. The Cemex company shipped the materials from British Columbia to three ports, unloading first at Redwood City, then Richmond and San Francisco.
 
Usually it takes four to five days to manually unload 25,000 tons of ore. The CSL Tecumseh unloaded its cargo of concrete aggregates at the Port of Redwood City in 16 hours.

The self-unloading system utilizes a series of conveyor belts to remove cargo, enabling Cemex to reduce labor costs and delivery times.
  
A video is included of the self-unloading system.

For more of the Redwood City-Woodside Patch story: redwoodcity-woodside.patch.com

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