Puerto Bolivar has a single loading pier, capable of handling vessels up to 150,000 dwt. The stockyard has a capacity of 1.7 Mt, of which 1.0 Mt is live storage. Ripping and Dozing coal prior to loading. Loading coal with a LeTourneau front-end loader, into 154t capacity Wabco hauler. Tipping coal into 1 of the primary crushers.
Coal seams are prepared for mining by cleaning the top of the seam.
Each of the loadout silos has a capacity of 10,000t.