ACBL Orinoco Terminal Development

Client Han-Padron Associates, LLP (now CH2M HILL) Eleven Penn Plaza New York, New York 10001

for

ACBL de Venezuela Calle El Callao, Torre Lloyd 3C Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela

Completion Date
November, 1996

Project Description
Energy Associates was engaged by Han-Padron Associates to assist on ACBL's Orinoco Terminal Development. This terminal was conceived to be a multi-bulk commodity export facility on the Orinoco River in Venezuela. Commodities are delivered to the terminal via truck, rail, conveyor, and barge. The terminal stores commodities to accumulate shipload consignments and balance seasonal fluctuations. Ships are loaded using high capacity modern equipment. Principal products include HBI (Hot Briquetted Iron) briquettes, bauxite, copper ore concentrates, and slag.

As part of this project development work, Energy Associates completed the initial conceptual and preliminary engineering work. Assignments included facility layout, capital cost estimates, Master Plan, 3-D CAD model of the facility and 2-D renderings, and a preliminary environmental assessment. The HBI briquettes are a high quality product for the steel industry. They are, however, relatively fragile and degradation is a concern. To mitigate the degradation problems experienced by other facilities, Energy Associates conceived a unique softload shiploader that gently discharges HBI briquettes into ocean going vessels.