Major building work is underway at the UK’s largest grain terminal at the Port of Tilbury following a fire in 2020 which damaged its grain silos.
Dry Cargo International reports that demolition of the damaged concrete silos is underway and, at the same time, construction of phase one of metal silos is underway with the first three new silos having been constructed.
The new silos, both phase one and phase two which will see the reconstruction of the concrete silos, will come online in stages. Phase one is expected to return 20,000 MT of capacity in early 2022 and the remaining 34,000 MT of storage will be restored in 2023.
The explosion at Tilbury Port in Essex, England, on July 3 was caused by a dust explosion which was described as "a bomb going off" with flames 246 feet high. No one was injured.
