PORTS OF ARIOS/IQUIQUE/TOCOPILLA/MEJILLONES/ANTOFAGASTA/PORT FACILITIES/WATER AND FUEL SUPPLY/CARGO HANDLING/STEVEDORING

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• Publication Date: October 29, 1954
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Ports of Arica/Iquique/Tocopilia/Mejillones/Antofegesta
Port Facilities/Water and Fuel Supply/Cargo Handling/
Stevedoring
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As of November 1933
1., Popt Facilities There are seven tugs, and 54 lighters with a total
capacity of 3210 tons. Cargo is discharged only by lighter. There
are four arenas with a three-tom capacity, three cranes with a two-
ton capacity, and, one heavy lift crane with a?two-ton capacity. The
Fiscal Mole is 118 meters long and 16 meters wide.
2.22zgilLkIlliw,?3.? Fourteen ganga, with -11 men per gang, load and
unload as follows
Tons Per
;oading
General 12 tone
Minerals 35 tons
Hides 12 tons
Gang Hour
Unloading
General 11 tons
Lumber 8 tons
In 24 hours, 810 tons of ore can be loaded.
No stevedore gear ia ay liable except slings for bulk and bagged ores.
Heavy lifts must be discharged by ship 's gear to lighters. There are
no bunkering facilities.
As of November 3,947
3. Fresh Water!: Available .only in a serious emergencys, and there are no
facilities for handling it.
ONI review(s) completed.
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Su.nda3rs & Holidays
0700-1100
100%
1100-1300
$26.80 (2 meal bre) plus
$53.60 (2 meal bra) plus
8.10 v/of meal
8.10 v/of meal
1300-1700
100%
1700-1200
$53.60 (2 meal bra) plus
$107.20 (2 meal bra) plus
8.10 v/of meal
8,10 v/of meal
1900-2400
100%
200%
2400-0600
200%
300%
On surf days? an extra 50% is added. On days of heavy surfs no work is
done. These percentages apply only to the ship gangs and not to the
lightermen or laborers on the mole, Itis understood however g that the
overtime for both lightermen and shore labor follow somewhat the same
percentage scale.
II. crizial3e
Aa of JAnuary 1948
5. sort Facilitiee; There are 80 lighters with a total capacity of 32239
tons, and 13 tugs and towing launches, Berth 5 is for large ships and
has three cranes each with a foureton capacity; berths 6 and 7 are for
large ships and have five cranes each with a three-ton capacity;
berths 19 2i, 3 and 4 are for lighters only and have one 2-ton? one
5-ton9 and .six 3-ton cranes, There are eight chutes at berths 19 2p
and 3. At the end of the breakwater, there is one 65-ton crane which
can only be used for discharging or loading lighters.
6. azgalmillna There
and loading rates are
Caro nen/Gang
are 24 gangs available. The various deseharging
as follows
' Tons/Gang/Hour Tons/Gang/Day
Ws. Lod
General
7
12 12
90
204
Nitrate
Bags
7
25
190
425
Bulk
6
38
285
646
Minerals
Bags
7
18
135
306
Bulk
8
18
135
306
Coal
9
18
135
306
Lumber
unk
20
150 ,
340
7. Construction; A mechanical nitrate loading plant and two warehouses for
storing 80 thousand tons of nitrate are being built alongside berths 6
and 7 by the Chilean governmentls Nitrate Sales Corporation. This plant
will be able to load 400/500 tops of bulk nitrate per hour or 250 tons
of bagged nitrate per hour.
As of Nove4ber 1947
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Cdinary
Sundays & Holidays
0800-1200
100%
1200-1400
$28 per man
$56 per man
1400-1800
100%
1800-1900
$46 per man
$92 per man
1900-2400
100%
200%
2400-0600
200%
300%
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The charge for surf days is an extra 50e or 100%. These percentages
apply only to the ship gangs and not to the lightermen or laborers
on the mole. It is eneerstoode however 2 that the overtime for both
lightermen and shore labor follow somewhat the same percentage scale.
9. Freeh Water g Any quantity is available if a berth at the dock is
available. Water to ships is supplied by the Tarapae?water Worke
(a UK company) s whose sources are six underground springs and one
underground artesian bore. The water is of good quality for drinking
as well as for hollers. 'The -water is available only t the dock.
There are water hydrants at regular intervals along the length of the
dock and are about one meter from the edge of the water. The decks
have all the necessary equipment. Hosess which are three inches e are
hired at the rate of 50 peso, per meter per day. The average quantity
per hour is 15 tans. Charges - $8.00 per ton plus the following
surcharges:..
1800-2400 $25.00 per hour
2400-0600 $31,50 per hour
Plus a-surcharge of 35 peeoe.
suz?APeast 22?.Y2
0600-1600 $25.00 per hour
1600-0600 $31.50 per hour
III. 7oceti1,la
Ae of Nevember 1952
.10. brt Facilitieeg There are 19 tugs s and 107 lighter e with a total
capacity of 4060 tons, Cargo is discharged only by lighter... Tho
foliating cranes are available t four with a two-ton capacity;
two with a 2.5-ton capaeleye and two with a three-ton capacity. There
is one heavy ilft crane with a capacity of 60 tons. }Ley lets, must
be discharged by ihip2m gear into lighters. There are bunkering
facilitiea only for emergency eaves.
11. Cargo Handling; There are 40 gangs. It is unknown how many men there
are per geeig Tons per Gang Heur as follateg
Wdlag Dtchc?
Bulk Nitrate 25 tons General 7 tons
Sacked Nitrate 22 tons
Ores 21 tons
Freh Nater; The water supply is limited only by the number of ships
requesting water at the same time and also by the occasional breakdowns
in the lighterlipumping machinery. The water comes from the foothill
of the Andee by pipeline and is suitable for drinking. Most engineers
consider it /suitable for boilers though it averages around three grains.
The water is delivered by a lighter which carries hoses and standard
connections for all ships. There is one lighter with a 30-ton capacity
with a delivery rate of 15 tone per hour. If the round trip time
for the lighter le included the delivery rate is six tons per hour.
The coat is 675 Chilean pesos per lighter of 30 tones. There is a
surcharge of 80.50 Chilean pesos per hour for each hour that the
lighter is in operations either filling up alongside the dock or
discharging the water to vessels.
Alt of NovApper 1,947
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Time ?
0700-1100
1100-1300
1300-1700
1700-1900
1900-2400
2400-0700
100% plus v/of meal
100% plus v/of meal
100%
200%
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200% plus v/of meal
100%
200% plus vie meal
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On surf days and rainy days, the overtime rate is 50%. These
percentages apply only to the ship gangs and not to the lightermen
or laborers on the mole. It is understood, however, that the over-
time for both lightermen and sh re labor follow somewhat the same
percentage scale.
Alp of April 1948
? 14. Reception and Dispatchg Shipe will be received or dispatched at any
hour of the day or night. Nitrate is loaded only between 0700 and
2030, and general cargo and minerals can be worked around the clock.
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15. Fprt Facilities:. There is one tug, and there are 25 lighters with a
? total capacity of 1,200 tons. There is one mole owned by Gibba,
Williamson, which has two chutes. There are two cranes each with a
capacity of two tons. The maximum heavy lift in the port im five tons.
16. Cargo Bandlinzg Rine gangs are available. The various discharging
? and loading rates are as follows
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Tone/Gang/Day
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gen/Gang
Tons/Ganz Hour
eltd.Time In01.0Vertime
13 :
100 300 '
General
? 7
Lumber
13
100 300
Bagged Ores
7
18
144 400
V. Antofagasta
? Alp of -November ;953
? 17. bet FiciUti,esg There are five tugs, and there are 63 lighters with a
total capacity of 3400 tons. Cargo la distharged iither by lighter or
directly onto the whaif. There are four berths - 2, 3, 4 and 5 - for
large ahips with a total length of 720 meters. The depth of water ia
10 meters. Vessels dock port side to .and must provide their own docking
fenders, cranes are located as folioweg ? Berth 1 - one 3-ton? one 2-ton
one 12-ton; Bertha 2 and 3 - five 3-ton? three /'ton; Berths 4 and 5 -
six 3-ton. The floating crane ITATANO is available for discharging
lifts up to 60 metric tons. This crane can discharge smaller pieces
from a ahip's holds, but large pieces must be stowed on deck on the
starboard ide. &plosives must be discharged at La Chilliba approximately
ktx miles north of the Fiscal Port Basin
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capacity; five 3-ton; two 24on; and two 2.5-ton. The correct number of
cranes cannot be determined,from information available,/
18. Nel 9i1and_Weterg, Fuel oil may be obtained in limited quantities
eubjeet to 48-hour notice to the fueling companies. No water will be
available until further notice. A new pipe line is being laid, but will
take several years to complete,
Ae.of _November 1947'
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0700-1100
100%
1100-1300
$10 plus time Worked
$10 plus double pay time worked
1300-1700
60
100%
1700-1800
$10 plus time worked
$10 plus double pay-time worked
1800-2400
100%
300%
2400-0700
200%
500%
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These percentages apply only to the ship gangs and not to the
lightermen or laborers on the mole. It is understood? however,
that the overtime for both lightermen and shore labor follow
somewhat the same percentage scale.
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