How to choose a bulk storage solution ?

For the past ten years, Locabri has been working more specifically with the trade and food industry. Companies such as Cargill, Ragt and Atena have placed their trust in us.

This collaboration has enabled us to grow with you and to identify your needs precisely. Today, we know how to adapt to your problems and are able to respond systematically.

The agricultural trade sector has various needs depending on the evolution of its activity, clearance periods, temporary screening sites, etc. Moreover, products stored in bulk are subject to requirements : temperature control, exposure to light and protection against pests, etc.

I) Securing and sheltering your cereals and plant protection products

II) What are the advantages of using modular structures?

III) Experience makes the difference

I) Securing and sheltering your cereals and plant protection products

Our expertise has enabled us to identify 3 main issues during the campaign period :

• Storage
• Protecting sizing mats during temporary sieving operations
• Covering quality control

One of these issues is permanent: storage. The warehouses can accommodate phytosanitary products throughout the year. They can be adapted to the needs of bulk, big bag or rack storage.

1. Decommitment period

During harvest periods and in particular during clearances, we can reinforce your bulk storage of cereals and fertilisers, which will allow you to keep more stock and be able to sell in good conditions. Dozens of lorries can spend hours waiting for the end of the bad weather to be able to unload

2. Quality control

During quality control, we can install canopies or closed buildings directly next to the silos and thus protect the trucks from the weather when they are being picked up by the sampling rods so that they can be unloaded with complete peace of mind.

3. Calibration

During temporary storage, our structures will allow you to protect your grading tables. During the grading process, grains need to be protected from rain.
Thanks to the modular structures, the calibration tables are protected from the rain and you save precious time during this process. In addition, it is essential to install ventilation systems during this
operation, which is possible in our structures. They also help to protect the stock from pests.

II) What are the advantages of using modular structures ?

These modular buildings can be delivered within 15 days and installed directly on your site without disrupting your business. We have also developed anti-intrusion solutions for birds to prevent them from entering open storage areas.

Modularity :

The structures can be enlarged or reduced according to your needs, so they evolve according to your activity. We can integrate stomps, or sub-base walls to optimise space.

Transferability :

The modular buildings are mobile and can be moved from one site to another.

Economic :

These modular solutions do not tie up your capital and guarantee optimal flexibility.

The basics of dismantling in your field :

Are modular buildings suitable for preserving the quality of my stored products?

Locabri's modular buildings are adapted to the normative context of your products, in terms of insulation, rigidity and temperature control. Locabri can advise and assist you in finding the right building to protect your products from deterioration.

What are the benefits of modular storage for my space?

• Locabri's storage solutions can be deployed within 15 days.
• Adapt your spaces to the reality of your activity, according to the fluctuations of your production
• The modular structures are designed in accordance with the Snow and Wind Standard 65 and/or the Eurocodes.

III) Experience makes the difference

Bulk carrier of the Atlantic :

" We chose Locabri's metal-textile range of structures to store grain as it arrived in the port of La Rochelle. Our objectives were to manage seasonal stocks, to optimise our profitability and to limit load breakage. The challenge was to be able to accommodate employees safely under these buildings, to be able to cope with bad weather and to adopt techniques consistent with the port logistics business. "

Read Francis Grimaud's full testimony :

"W

e chose Locabri products because they are scalable, transferable and demountable, cost effective and can be installed directly on your premises. No business disruption was necessary during the works. "

To learn more about bulk storage in the port environment, you can find the essentials in this case study on the Port of La Rochelle - Pallice with the companies Sica Atlantique, Maritime Khun and EVA.