GRAIN

A grain terminal is located in the main port area. The terminal has a nominal storage capacity of 90,000 tons.

The grain silo is operated by "Dagon" Israel Granaries Company Ltd. Three elevators, two mechanical and one pneumatic, operate on the quay where water depth reaches 13.8 meters. The elevators unload grain from ships and transfer it to the grain silo by a system of conveyer belts installed inside a concrete bridge. The three elevators have a throughput of about 1800 tons per hour.
The mechanical elevators were built locally according to an original Israeli design which has since been patented in many countries around the world.

Stored grain is loaded from the silo onto railcars and trucks at a rate of about 15,000 tons per day. The silo is equipped for dust extraction and separation, fumigation, sorting, weighing and sampling.