The shiploaders purchased by the Chilean mining company Mina Invierno for its Patagonian port of Punta Lackwater have been delivered. The port will export coal to the Northern region of the country and also to customers overseas. The shiploaders, which were assembled in Bremen, Germany, will be able to load 3,000 tonnes of coal per hour.
The port is reported to be 60% completed and will eventually have a 450m-long quay able to accommodate vessels of up to 140,000dwt when it opens in the last quarter of this year. A pilot consignment is expected to be shipped sometime in December.
 
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