It's tall enough for a truck to drive underneath and can lift 50 tons. The next stop is the berth where bulk goods including minerals, chemicals and fertilizers are exported through a conveyor system that towers overhead. Farther along the waterfront is the grain elevator currently looking for a user. Part of it dates to 1929. The tour van continues to Arco's calcined coke exporting facility.
Calcined coke looks like asphalt gravel and is used in smelters to make aluminum.
Up to this point on the tour, ships are loaded with hoses and conveyor belts, and the process is largely automated. But the next stop is the berths where log ships are loaded for the Japanese market. If there's a ship tied up to the dock, the tour guide parks the van here for a few minutes to let everyone have a good long look. Only about 30 percent of the port's exports are log and lumber, but it takes such ships three or four days to load, so there's a fair chance one will be in port during a tour. Crane your neck to look up at a container crane, which can hoist 37 tons.