Loading Accuracy Essential For Port

The problem

Based on the east coast of China, the Xiamen Port is one of the trunk line ports for the Asia-Pacific region, and as the eighth largest port in China it is not only busy, but an essential link a larger chain.

Operating over 100 loaders for unloading ships berthed with iron ore and coal there is a large number of loads leaving the port each day. Xiamen had to ensure they knew exactly what weight was going into every truck and train, responding to the issue of accountability over weights and reduction of overloading fines.

The solution

Xiamen port chose the LOADRITE Pro, the leading scale offered by global weighing experts LOADRITE. The accuracy and reporting functions allowed the loader operator to see the exact weights being loaded into each vehicle down to 1% accuracy, while information on each load was stored and available for analysis via computer.

The result