The sugar terminal Robust resumes service in Rouen
Maritime sugar traffic is back in Rouen on the Quai du Bassin aux Bois (QBB). On 4 October, the bulk carrier Michelle C, under the name Promaritime and handled by Somap, docked on the left bank to load 10,900 tonnes of sugar destined for Haiti, or 218,000 50-kilo bags. There had been no such vessels at Robust, a subsidiary of Sénalia, since December 2013. This first export from the Rouen terminal follows the end of the European sugar quotas on September 30, 2017.
To enable this recovery of traffic, Sénalia / Robust has made investments on its terminal. "The site was sort of dormant, but it worked, says Gilles Kindelberger, CEO of Sénalia. We carried out 60 000 t of annual bulk tanker traffic for local manufacturers. We have reinvested on the terminal for trafficking in conventional bags, BIBO * factory ships and bag containers. For the most part, the modernization concerned not only PLCs, but also bag weighing systems, as well as the installation of a new hoe (**) to reach a loading capacity of 60 containers per day. We are very optimistic for the future and hope to eventually reach a volume of 250,000 tonnes of sugar per year. "
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