In the Europoort in Rotterdam, European Bulk Services B.V. (EBS) exploits a terminal for the storage and transhipment of agribulk. Together with Züblin Civiele Betonbouw, we built a new bulk storage shed here. We provided the steel structure, the roof and wall cladding and the steel sheet-concrete floors for the project.
The shed has a capacity of approximately 50,000 m2 and consists of concrete storage bunkers with a steel roof structure on top and a so-called tripper corridor. This contains a conveyor belt equipped with a tripper system, which distributes the product over the compartments of the shed. Challenges in this project included tolerances for the steel-concrete connections and making the shed completely wind and watertight. Our activities consisted of the supply and assembly of: