Private berth owned by Terminal 6 S.A:
A) NORTH BERTH: Sloghthly up-river from the older South Berth, this berth was built originally to attend the unloading of river barges carrying bulk cargo from up river ports using grab discharge, and in 1998 a new berth was built parallel toward parallel towards the channel leaving a 23 meters wide gap for barges operations. The new berth was built improving the south berth, to accommodate ocean going vessels and is operational since 1999.berth details: 4 dolphins with 161 m berthing front and two outlying mooring dolphins. LOA 275 m; depth alongside 12,20 m (40ft); air clearance 25 m at datum. Equipment: 2 loading arms with spoon trimmers. Load rates: grains 1000 TPH, pellets 800 ton. This berth is connected to the terminal by a single belt conveyor, and will eventually be fitted with a second belt plus two additional loading arms (see also Resinfor for Vegetable oils loading).
B) SOUTH BERTH: in operation as from 1987 offering a berthing front of 155 m afforded by 4 dolphins together with 2 outlying dolphins together with 2 outlying dolphins for bow and stern moorings, depth alongside 12,20 m (40 ft), air clearance at datum 21 m .Cape size vessels load here. Tugboat assistance is not required. Grain and by-products are loaded at this berth via 2 feeder lines and 4 loading arms with 2 outlying dolphins for bow and stern moorings, depth alongside 12,20 m (40ft), air clearance at datum 21 m . Cape size vessels load here. Tugboat assistance is not required. Grain and by-products are loaded at this berth via 2 feeder lines and 4 loading arms which allow 2 products to be handled simultaneously directly from silo, trucks or wagons at a loading rate of about 800 TPH by-products and TPH grain per loading line.