The BP600 automated bagging plant with robotic arm and shrink wrapper installed at PD Ports’ Howden port facility, near Google, East Yorkshire, offers customers importing bulk animal feed the option to transition into the bagged market.
The Port of Howden sits on the River Ouse, 50 miles from the mouth of the Humber and is one of the most inland ports in the UK, with close proximity to the M62 trans-Pennine motorway.
A major shipping and distribution hub for the agribulk market, Howden handles a variety of animal feed and fertiliser products supporting the agriculture and farming markets in East Yorkshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire and beyond.
The new bagging facility at Howden is the most advanced plant of its type operating in the region and can pack powder and granular animal feed into 25kg stitched paper sacks, at eight bags per minute.
Efficiencies in the new plant has seen daily handling figures increase at Howden from 10 tonnes per day to 36 tonnes of the new bags.
PD Ports is an award-winning UK ports business offering end to end supply chain solutions. With headquarters in North East England, PD Ports operates many key ports and logistics centres across the UK.
The investment by PD Ports is part of a wider strategy for the company to offer an end-to-end supply chain solution for customers, which can include chartering of ships and road haulage.
For more information about the services on offer at Howden visit www.pdports.co.uk/locations/howden
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21 сен 2023
