The nearly completed sulphur terminal on Ridley Island may soon find a second life, though not quite in the same form as the original design laid out.
Ridley Terminals and ICEC Terminals have begun their environmental work on the site that could lead to the shipment of sulphur through Ridley Island by 2008 and provide employment for 8-10 residents of the area.
The revised plan for the incomplete terminal was outlined in Monday’s Daily News.
SULPHUR IS FINALLY ABOUT TO FLOW THROUGH RIDLEY
Expected to handle 800,000 tonnes a year and provide eight to 10 jobsBy James Vassallo
The Daily News
Monday, April 2, 2007
Pages one and three
Ridley Terminals and ICEC Terminals have begun the environmental assessment process that could see the companies develop the sulphur terminal that was abandoned in 2001.
According to the environmental assessment report, ICEC is planning to complete construction and operate a portion of the sulphur terminal by leasing the incomplete facility from Ridley Terminals.
“The general concept involves receiving molten sulphur by rail cars, unloading railcars into a liquid sulphur storage pit, forming the liquid sulphur into dry bulk form, then stockpiling and loading the dry bulk sulphur onto ocean vessels for export to overseas markets,” reads the report.
The facility will be designed to handle 800,000 tonnes per year, potentially expanding to 1.4 million tonnes per year.
“The project design is environmentally sensitive to minimize fugitive dust, sulphur compound vapor emissions and cross contamination with other bulk products.”
ICEC acts as a international marketer of fertilizer and fertilizer raw materials and has some 20 offices around the globe, with major operations in Crossfield, Alberta; Brazil and Tengiz, Kzakhastan.
Vessels would e expected to pick up sulphur from Ridley Terminals every 35 days.
Unlike the previous owners of the facility, ICEC has no plans to use the liquid storage tanks and liquid loading system, but will move all the product in its dry form.
Although sulphur vapours will be created when the sulphur is heated to get it out of the rail cars, there is not expected to be any smell because the vapours will be collected and put through a scrubbing system that will remove the sulphur compounds before the air is vented into the atmosphere.
ICEC and Ridley Terminals met this January with the District of Port Edward to describe the project and talk about potential concerns.
“Port Edward was interested in the employment opportunities and did not express any other concerns with the proposed project,” reads the report.
“They were happy to see project development occurring in the region,” reads the report. They also met with Prince Rupert Mayor Herb Pond who expressed similar feelings.
The new facility is expected to create eight to ten new jobs at Ridley Terminals.
“The design of this facility will incorporate current industry standards and be a state of the art world-class facility,” reads the report.
The company is expected to put out a “request for proposals for a contractor to build the new components some time in early summer, with operations set to commence in 2008.
The $60 million sulphur facility at Ridley was a project of the Sulphur Corporation of Canada (SCC). It was started in 2001, however it was never completed and the project was eventually handed over to Ridley Terminals/
SCC was planning on handling both liquid sulphur, which would be stored in large storage tanks as well as formed sulphur, similar to the solid product now exported from the port of Vancouver.
However, the project was derailed after SCC filed for bankruptcy protection. It owed $29 million in debt, some of which was owned to Prince Rupert contractors.
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