Dreyfus commences Cangrejales operations

Dreyfus has begun operations at Cangrejales, in the Argentinian port of Bahi´a Blanca, where it has its own production facility. The first ship loaded 28,500 t of soya beans bound for China.
However, the company has had to wait six months to receive permission to commence operations, having initially undertaken trials in August last year. Official permission from the customs authorities will only be finalized in October, with provisional operations allowed in the meantime.
The new facility, which has draught of a 13.7m, can accommodate vessels of up to 270m in length. The production plant covers an area of 240,000m2 and the whole area has been wrapped up in a 30-year concession granted to the company. Storage is in the region of 93,000 tonnes, divided between eight silos of 11,250 tonnes each and a further three of 1,200 tonnes each. Possibilities exist to expand capacity and also handle other products, such as bio diesel.