Further Progress in Ukraine

April 1, 2021

The volume of cereals grown in Ukraine exceeds the capacity of storage facilities currently available. According to grain market experts, the harvest of grain crops in Ukraine in 2017 is expected to be 63.45 million tonnes. Such a situation aggravates the problem of crop preservation for a lot of agrarian companies. Despite the gradual improvement of the country’s economy and increasing investment in the agricultural sector, a dilemma still exists for many agricultural producers: to use the services of private and state silo plants or to purchase their own and sell products when prices are at their highest? How much investment will be needed and how quickly will this investment pay off? Our customers’ solution is “to build” and “to purchase”.

New Nibulon trans-shipment terminals at Holoprystans’ka branch

Khortytsya Branch
A grand opening ceremony of a new trans-shipment terminal took place on June 15 at the village of Bilenke (Zaporizhzhia region) with the participation of the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mr. V. Groysman. This terminal for shipment of grain and oilseeds by river transport was built in the best traditions of Nibulon – high quality and on time – in just three months. The newly built complex has the following technical characteristics:

Storage volume of grain - 77 thousand tonnes
Daily capacity of dryers - 4 thousand tonnes
Daily outloading to river transport - 12 thousand tonnes
The total capacity of the complex is 300 thousand tonnes/ year.

Cimbria has supplied the following conveying equipment for this project: belt conveyors, chain conveyers, bucket elevators and Moduflex loading chutes.

Holoprystans’ka Branch
Another new trans-shipment terminal for grain and oilseed crops for river transport was opened on July 14 in Hola Prystan (Kherson region).

The technical characteristics of the fully automated complex operated from a central control panel are as follows: