Rubattino Quay

It's the quay dedicated to the so called "White Bulk". It has a draft of 8.30 mt. on the head. Ponte Rubattino is equipped with two Ansaldo gantry cranes, each with a capacity of 12 tons. The elevators are equipped with dust free buckets and grabs. The 12 front quay pools for covered storage of goods, placed behind the cranes, allow fast unloading operations without double handling. Large uncovered areas are available for the storage of products that are not weather sensitive. There is also an area dedicated to handling and storage of cement : two silos in sub-concession to Italcementi Group are placed on the head of the dock , each with capacity of 3,500 tons. During unloading operations, the cranes can store products directly inside the covered tanks or load trucks through suitable hoppers for direct trucking to destination or internal storage to other areas of the Terminal by use of spool-trucks.

Salt

Sodium chloride, most commonly known as salt, is a mineral available in nature in rather abundant quantity. Most of it is dissolved in the sea, but it can also be found in underground deposits over the mainland. The salt extracted from mines is called rock salt, while what obtained by evaporation of sea water is called sea salt...

Silica Sand

From the erosion of rocks, including sandstone, sand is a finely fragmented sedimentary product. It's made of resistant minerals, the predominant component being, generally, quartz. These debris are called "grains", whose dimensions are between 2 and 0,063 mm...

Cement

Cement is an hydraulic binder that comes in shape of finely ground powder. It is produced from limestone, marl and clay, mixed in appropriate quantities and baked at high temperatures...