Logistics of the supply and disposal

Supply

The manufacturer transports the granulate directly to the ships at the port by silo trucks or to the logistics centres located close to the port, where it is filled into storage silos of an appropriate corresponding size. From the storage silos, the granulate is then either filled into the special containers of the DryEGCS^® system or in Big Bags, depending on the different requirements. These are then delivered the short distance to the ship on a "just-in-time" basis. This method allows several ports to be served cost-efficiently from one central location. Couple Logistics therefore guarantees the availability of the required granulate quantity at any time in any port designated for this purpose.

Depending on the manner of driving and the required granulate quantity, the granulate is either exchanged or the storage containers are replenished in the port. Special containers with granulate for the DryEGCS^® systems can be directly exchanged. The required granulate is either directly filled into the system upon the container being let down directly onto the system or via pneumatic transport, whereby the granulate is transported from the special containers or another storage location in the ship and filled into the DryEGCS^® system.

Recycling waste material, disposal

The used granulate is removed from the ship at the respective port and is appropriately dealt with by Couple Logistics. To do this, the special containers from the DryEGCS^® system can be  exchanged directly. If separate waste material silos are installed on the ship, the waste material is disposed of using pneumatic transport, removing the waste from the ship. The material can also be siphoned from the respective containers at any time through suction.

The waste material is transported to the logistics centres located close to the ports where it is transferred into and collected in storage silos. In the case of sufficient quantities for silo transport, the used granulate is siphoned into a silo truck and transported to the respective recycling centres.

At the recycling centres, the used granulate is returned to the raw material cycle and thus made available for a further ecological utilisation.

Granulat production, logistic
and recycling facilities in Europe