John D. Leitch

[Syd bc]

On the East coast most ports we went to had hoppers to unload into A ship that can unload 4 -5 thousand tons an hour unloading takes along time to unload when the hopper can only take a thousand tons or less an hour In Providence RI the hopper dumped into dump trucks that drove under it as a guy opened and closed a gate on the bottom In Philly they didn’t have many trucks and during rush hour it could take over an hour for a truck to make a return trip

[Guest 999]

When I shipkept in 2016, the shore superintendent stopped by in Toronto Harbour, on the shipping channel. He had sailed for many years for ULS, and I mentioned I noticed that CSL's Baie St. Paul seemed to be in Redpath Sugar for a long time. He mentioned that most lakers unloaded into the hopper at Redpath, which meant for a long, slow unload.

"Good for a chance for the crew to see a bit of Toronto?" asks I.
"Good for some of them to get into trouble!" says he.

:—D

[Guest]

This is a relatively normal time for salt unloads at the particular dock John D. Leitch is visiting, especially given what it appears the John D. Leitch is doing, which is different than just dumping the entire load of salt into a stockpile on the ground as fast as possible. That 'fast dump' is often how ships unload at other salt receiving docks in the Twin Ports and elsewhere on the Great Lakes/Seaway, and sometimes ships even do the 'fast dump' at Compass Minerals in Duluth, but that does not appear to be what John D. Leitch is doing at present:

Sometimes when ships bring salt to Compass Minerals in Duluth, the facility has the ship unload directly into several different specific receiving points on or next to their various buildings over the course of the delivery. Several of those receiving points seem to be connected directly to salt processing / packaging lines; the ship may be intentionally unloading at slower speeds than maximum in order to feed salt into that processing machinery at an appropriate rate. It's also possible that the grade or type of salt that is involved with this more elaborate unloading process handles differently than salt that's just dumped quickly into one big stockpile; perhaps the salt John D. Leitch is delivering is stickier / more stubborn and that's part of or the full reason behind the longer unload time.

Great explanation! I would assume that there are surcharges for special delivery arrangements rather than just a quicker unload onto a dock.

[hausen]

This is a relatively normal time for salt unloads at the particular dock John D. Leitch is visiting, especially given what it appears the John D. Leitch is doing, which is different than just dumping the entire load of salt into a stockpile on the ground as fast as possible. That 'fast dump' is often how ships unload at other salt receiving docks in the Twin Ports and elsewhere on the Great Lakes/Seaway, and sometimes ships even do the 'fast dump' at Compass Minerals in Duluth, but that does not appear to be what John D. Leitch is doing at present:

Sometimes when ships bring salt to Compass Minerals in Duluth, the facility has the ship unload directly into several different specific receiving points on or next to their various buildings over the course of the delivery. Several of those receiving points seem to be connected directly to salt processing / packaging lines; the ship may be intentionally unloading at slower speeds than maximum in order to feed salt into that processing machinery at an appropriate rate. It's also possible that the grade or type of salt that is involved with this more elaborate unloading process handles differently than salt that's just dumped quickly into one big stockpile; perhaps the salt John D. Leitch is delivering is stickier / more stubborn and that's part of or the full reason behind the longer unload time.

[Andrew]

Normally salt gets discharged a lot faster than it's taking the John D. Leitch. Is there any reason for this?