Client Need: Neptune Bulk Terminals (NBTL) had just completed expansion projects that upgraded the terminal’s capacity from 12.5 MTPA in 2017 to 22 MTPA in 2021. The terminal’s previous capacity had been 12.5 MTPA up until 2021. NBTL recognized that this increase in terminal throughput will result in less time available for planned maintenance activities,… Read More
Services: Optimization & Reliability
Potash Shed 1 System — Predictive Maintenance Program
Client Need: Neptune Bulk Terminals (Canada) Ltd. (NBTL) needed to forecast the maintenance program for the existing potash storage system (108,000 tonnes) at Shed 1, established to a 10-year time horizon. The desired outcomes of the maintenance-program study were to forecast annual costs along with schedule intervals for the works necessary to facilitate continued safe… Read More
Equipment Fatigue Analysis
Project details: Trigon Pacific Terminals Ltd. (formerly, Ridley Terminals Inc. (RTI)) operates a bulk materials handling terminal, located at Prince Rupert’s Ridley Island, for the export of metallurgical coal, thermal coal, petroleum coke. CWA was retained by RTI to conduct a fatigue analysis and service life prediction of their major materials handling equipment, including two… Read More
Cement Terminal Dock and Barge Ramp Rehabilitation
Project Details: Lafarge Canada Inc. (Lafarge) retained CWA to develop a multi-phased plan to rehabilitate and upgrade aging marine infrastructure at their cement plant, located in Richmond, B.C. Under Phase 1 of this project, CWA assessed the existing marine infrastructure at the cement plant’s riverside berth and subsequently developed a rehabilitation plan to address the… Read More
Wet Milling Facility Inspection & Repairs
Project details: CWA was engaged by Agrium Inc. (now Nutrien Limited) to conduct a review of the existing mill structure in the wet milling facility at their potash mine in Vanscoy, Saskatchewan. Following the inspection, CWA was asked to perform the conceptual and detailed design and provide construction support services for a retrofit of the… Read More
Cement Terminal Inspections
Project details: In order to mitigate safety and quality risks and prevent catastrophic incidents, Lafarge Canada Inc. (Lafarge) has implemented a program to inspect and monitor key assets at their cement terminals, quarries, and other manufacturing facilities. Under the program, Lafarge engaged CWA to perform inspections of 15 cement terminals throughout western Canada and northwestern… Read More
Richmond Terminal Marine Infrastructure Rehabilitation
Project details CWA was initially engaged by Lafarge Canada Inc. (Lafarge) to perform a load capacity analysis of two existing timber structures, an approach trestle and a portion of the main wharf, to identify their safe working load capacity. As part of the analysis, CWA performed a site visit and condition inspection to identify repairs… Read More
Landside/Seaside Grain Terminal Inspection
Project Details The Cargill grain terminal in North Vancouver, British Columbia handles wheat, durum, canola, barley, and grain by-products. CWA was engaged to complete an inspection of the terminal to help ensure that it was in a safe structural condition and that there was safe access for personnel working in the facility. Challenges The inspection… Read More
Rail Beam Assessment & Rehabilitation
Project details After conducting a condition inspection of one of the berths at Neptune Bulk Terminals (NBT) that found exposed and corroded pre-stressed strands on one of the rail beams, CWA designed and implemented a temporary steel splice plate repair that would allow the berth to safely continue operations while a permanent repair was developed…. Read More
Red Dog Lightering Barges Maintenance Review
Project details The Red Dog mine, one of the largest zinc mines in the world, uses two lightering barges to transport zinc and lead concentrates from the port facility to ocean-going bulk carrier vessels at deep-water offshore anchorage. CWA was engaged to carry out an inspection of the material handling equipment, including a self-unloading belt… Read More
Structural Maintenance Strategy Audit
Project details Cerrejón owns the largest open-pit coal mine and export port in Latin America, which have a capacity of over 32 million tonnes per year and are connected by a 150-kilometre-long railroad. Cerrejón had established structural inspection and maintenance procedures for their mine, railway, and port infrastructure and wanted to bring their system in… Read More