TGS / Beaumont Bulk Terminal

Trans-Global Solutions, Inc. operates the TGS/Beaumont Bulk Terminal at the Port of Beaumont, Texas. Operations include loading and unloading commodities as diverse as woodchip weighing 25 pounds per cubic foot to steel pigs weighing over 200 pounds per cubic foot. An extensive conveyor system efficiently handles commodities both inbound and outbound. Rail and highway access is excellent.

One mile downstream from the Port on the Neches River is the Exxon/Mobil Coke Dock (EMCD). Located within the Exxon/Mobil refinery, the facility is operated by TGS/Beaumont Bulk Terminal. TGS/BBT operates and maintains a conveyor/shiploader system that was designed, engineered, and fabricated by TGS/Engineering & Conveying Systems and erected by TGS/Construction & Erection, two of Trans-Global Solutions' operating divisions.

The newest project at TGS/Beaumont Bulk Terminal is a rail-to-ship transfer system. The new facility can efficiently handle any free-flowing bulk material. The new rail-to-ship transfer facility is unique in that it is capable of unloading two railcars at a time. This ability will enable the system to discharge 116 average railcars per day, each containing an estimated 90 tons of cargo. This discharge rate will allow 10,000 tons of material per day to be loaded into a typical bulk carrier vessel.

The new facility was designed, built, and installed by TGS/Engineering & Conveying Systems. The rail-to-ship facility is equipped with a state-of-the-art dust suppression system for environmentally-sound operation. The loading system, which delivers the cargo into the ship's holds, includes a high-tech loading spout capable of loading and trimming ships even in high river conditions.

Within the Port of Beaumont TGS/Beaumont Bulk Terminal also operates the Neches River Terminal (NRT). The facility is jointly owned by Trans-Global Solutions, Inc. and Mitsubishi Corporation.

Hardwood chips are brought to the NRT by truck, unloaded by an elevating truck dump, and stockpiled through radial stackers. The chips are then reclaimed and transferred by conveyor to the TGS shiploader for loading into ocean-going bulk carriers. The entire system was designed, engineered, and erected by TGS/Engineering & Conveying Systems.

Within the Port of Beaumont, all rail switching services are provided by TGS/Econo-Rail on a contract basis.