For many years, Morterm handled large volumes of bulk materials from deep-sea vessels, particularly large volumes of fluorspar. This material was “clammed” from the ships’ holds for reloading to trucks with front-end loaders for delivery.

The discharge rate was almost 500 metric tones per hour. Discharging operations are conducted twelve hours per day, six days per week at straight-time rates.

Once again, the size of the terminal facilities readily accommodates large-scale operations of this sort.