Ports, Terminals & Transport
Going with the grain
Clarkson Port Services selects GeneSYS again W THE NEED
• Replace the existing driver operated consoles which had managed up
THE SOLUTION The existing driver operated consoles
hen Clarkson Port Ser- vices (CPS) opened its new £1.5 million grain terminal in 1997 at the
Port of Ipswich it was among one of the first installations of its type to achieve extensive and cost effective driver operation. The terminal was designed to comply with the latest guidelines for the handling of agricul- tural bulk products drawn up by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) and comprised a 90,000 sq.ft, covered flat store with the capacity to store some 24,000 tonnes of cereals and animal feeds.
to 150 lorries a day since 1998 • Provide simultaneous handling of all four types of weighing transaction currently carried out at the terminal, embracing ship loading and unloading and flat store collections and deliveries. • Deliver a high degree of driver op eration providing a single weighbridge operator complete control of all site weighbridges from one central control point.
• Feature in-built flexibility to enable the system to be readily adapted and expanded to meet the dynamic nature of the busines
were replaced by the latest generation of Precia-Molen driver console, the BI300, on all four weighbridges. The BI300 incorporates backlit LCD full screen dis- play, industrial keypad for easy driver dialogue and thermal ticket printer for increased reliability and print quality. Each weighbridge was previously integrat- ed into the Precia-Molen GeneSYS 1 weigh- bridge and administration software. This legacy system did not offer the functionality demanded by a busy modern operation and prevented the terminal from moving forward with plans for growth and productivity gains. The software was therefore upgraded to Precia-Molen GeneSYS 3 Enterprise, a central administration software, which includes new modules allowing features such
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The Port of Ipswich complies with the latest guidelines for handling agricultural bulk products
24 June 2012 Solids and Bulk Handling
www.solidsandbulk.co.uk
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