en.Wedoany.com Reported - The initial phase of the Caofeidian iron ore storage and transportation base project in Tangshan, Hebei Province, China, is nearing completion and will be fully ready for heavy-load operations by the end of this month. Leveraging Caofeidian's unique resource advantages, the project is positioned as a main hub port for energy and raw materials and a comprehensive trade port serving major national strategic needs. The core initial phase consists of two fully enclosed strip-shaped material sheds with a static storage capacity of 3 million tons.
Wu Xiujian, General Manager of Tangshan Caofeidian Ore Storage and Transportation Co., Ltd., introduced: "The biggest features of our project are its scale and comprehensiveness. Scale refers to the storage capacity. Shed No. 1 is 920 meters long with a span of 140 meters; Shed No. 2 is 509 meters long with a maximum span of 180 meters, making it a super-large enclosed shed with a leading span among similar ore storage facilities in China, achieving a static storage capacity of 3 million tons. Comprehensiveness refers to its full functionality. This is not just a stockyard, but a full-chain hub integrating docks, unloading, storage, railways, highways, and waterway shipping." The project's iron ore conveyor system has successfully completed no-load integrated commissioning tests with the ore terminal 4 kilometers away. In the future, iron ore can be transported directly from the ship's hold into the material sheds via the fully enclosed conveyor system, ensuring no ground contact and no dust generation throughout the entire process.
The construction of these two super-large-span sheds was highly challenging, with the steel truss structure reaching a maximum height of 58 meters, requiring the steel structure installation to be completed within an effective construction period of 80 days. The construction team adopted a new structural solution integrated with digital management and control technologies. Shi Jing, Regional Head of Caofeidian for CCCC Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Bureau, stated: "We first used drone aerial surveys to build a geographic information model of the site and precisely match it with the design plan, then utilized BIM technology to simulate the entire construction process, saving about one month of construction time." In terms of green and smart features, the belt conveyors use permanent magnet direct-drive motors, reducing energy consumption by over 15%. The base has built a smart management and control platform based on digital twin and large model technologies, creating five major smart scenarios including intelligent equipment operation and maintenance, and integrated perception safety. He Xing, a technical engineer at Tangshan Caofeidian Ore Storage and Transportation Co., Ltd., said: "A traditional operation zone of similar scale might have required over 300 people, but now we can operate the entire process with just over 70 people."
Once completed, this iron ore storage and transportation base will connect the entire process chain of iron ore unloading, transfer, storage, processing, and transportation. Li Wei, Chairman of Tangshan Caofeidian Ore Storage and Transportation Co., Ltd., stated: "In the future, we will build this place into a port-industry-city integrated hub that combines 'safe storage and transportation, green processing, smart logistics, financial services, and a digital ecosystem,' becoming the core engine for Tangshan's transformation from a 'corridor economy' to a 'hub economy.'"
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