Loading Advice – Monday, 16th September 2019
Invicta – 23 461
Kalamia – 8 854
Pioneer – 10 898
Inkerman – 12 770
Total – 55 983
Kalamia Cane Growers & Kalagro
Enhancing the productivity and profitability of growers
Loading Advice – Monday, 16th September 2019
Invicta – 23 461
Kalamia – 8 854
Pioneer – 10 898
Inkerman – 12 770
Total – 55 983
Loading Advice – Friday, 13th September 2019
Invicta – 19 011
Kalamia – 11 675
Pioneer – 11 424
Inkerman – 12 686
Total – 54 796
Loading Advice – Thursday, 12th September 2019
Invicta – 21 571
Kalamia – 11 636
Pioneer – 11 963
Inkerman – 11 789
Total – 56 959
Loading Advice – 11th September 2019
Invicta 22 768
Kalamia 11 602
Pioneer 6 174
Inkerman 12 522
TOTAL 53 066
HARVEST MANAGEMENT MEETING BRIEF
Collectives attended harvest management meeting on Thursday 29th August. Notes from meeting included:
Factory Performance
Invicta Mill
• Feeding station conveyor belt repairs
• Diffuser chain derailed off sprocket twice – major stops – corrective measures applied, monitoring increased.
• Scraper plate flipped.
• Opportunistic cleaning carried out during major stops.
Pioneer Mill
• Intake water spray pond pump failure impacted crush rates recently – repaired and back in service.
Kalamia Mill
• Stack repairs complete on Tuesday’s scheduled stop.
• Concerns for cracking in mill cheeks – visual investigations undertaken – no evidence found – monitoring vibration
• Ash sluice pipe repairs undertaken – establishing understanding of failure mechanism and prevention
• Slat conveyor side plate damage/fouling, damaged slats that required repairs, skirting has been damaged as well.
Inkerman Mill
• B2 Mill feeding issues identified – foreign object jammed in mill.
• Extended stop to repair bagasse conveyor tracking mechanism
• Exposed to Ergon faults blacking out factory
Incidents / near hits / derailments
Inkerman – Farm tractor drove out on Osborne Junction line and hit the Koolkuna loco
Crush Finish Dates
There are no official finish dates at present but at this stage end of crush will be approximately mid-November. This is subject to weather and factory stops.
Rail Corridor
Concerns were raised about harvesting contractors and farm vehicles often entering and driving out in front of locos while both parties are working in the same corridor. There are some concerns from harvesting contractors about where loco crews walk. Haulouts and farm vehicles can be travelling at a reasonable speed which is a concern for Wilmar employees that are working in this corridor. All parties need to be aware and take care when working in these areas.
Early Suppliers
Logistics/Traffic Officers often ask early supplier contractors on mill maintenance/clean days to start harvesting operations later than normal. Most contractors are continuing to cut early which negatively impacts on increase in cut to crush times.
Loading Advice – 10th September 2019
Invicta 22 907
Kalamia 12 084
Pioneer 4 222
Inkerman 13 120
TOTAL 52 333