Alert to the need for expanded transfer facilities for domestic and overseas traffic, International Marine Terminals retained Dravo Corporation to proceed with feasibility studies and preliminary designs [1]. Several designs were developed to suit different potential coal handling opportunities. The design selected was one which provided in Phase I for transfer of coal required by Florida Power Corporation in converting two generating units from il to coal as well as provision for modest storage as an emergency buffer. Thus a river barge unloader, a fixed gulf barge loading boom, connecting conveyors and minimal land storage using mobile equipment were constructed initially (Fig.1).
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