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Convent Grain Export Terminal Renovation and Expansion

Convent, Louisiana

Zen-Noh’s 150,000-bushel-per-hour Convent Grain Export Elevator is one of the fastest in the world, having undergone several upgrades to improve its operational efficiency. ÄϹ¬NG28¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ subsidiary, Ibberson, has performed many of these renovations in support of Zen-Noh’s goal of maintaining a safe and stable supply of United Statesâ€� foodgrains and soybeans that are used to produce compound feed in their Japanese mills.

Major scopes included modifying the gate system that feeds the shipping belts; increasing the capacity of four shiploaders to 80,000 bushels per hour; converting six storage silos to shipping-bin silos; upgrading the capacity of 15 annex-distribution conveyors to 100,000 bushels per hour; replacing nine silo distributors; a complete dock structure; a 120,000-bushels-per-hour continuous-barge unloader, five barge-receiving transfer systems and a barge-receiving bulk scale. Ibberson executed multiple design, engineering, procurement, construction and startup projects over three phases, with the first beginning in 2012.