| Port of Stockton |
Located in the San Joaquin valley, the Port
of Stockton is a 600 acre complex designed and equipped to load,
unload, and store all kinds of material including general cargo, container
cargo, dry bulk, and liquid bulk cargo.
For twenty years, Metropolitan has provided bulk loading services for sulphur,
coal, petroleum coke, ores and other products in the Port of Stockton - 80
miles up river from San Francisco.
This 20-acre site includes 10 acres for expansion. Outside sulphur storage is
located on 5 acres, with the 40,000 ton capacity area contained by a 26-ft.
high concrete block wall. Two separate areas are dedicated to petroleum coke.
Receiving
Cargo is received to the terminal by rail cars and trucks. The rotary rail car
dump receives up to 2000 MTPH, capable of handling 84 cars, utilizing
Metropolitan's facility for another 84 cars in unit trains. The truck dump
receives at speeds up to 1000 MTPH. A separate petcoke receiving system works
on a pneumatic system and mixes petcoke with water to reduce fugitive dust.
Vessel Loading
Vessel loading is performed by the shiploader, capable of productions up to
3500 MTPH. One of Metropolitan's customers constructed a state-of-the-art
facility to connect their adjacent sulphur plant to Metropolitan's terminal
conveyor system.
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