Abstract:A certain professional coal transfer terminal is used to transfer the off shore coal toin land water transportation. Its designed annual throughput is 30millions tons, and its off shore unload capacity and inland water shipment capacity are both 15millions tons. This paper introduced the selection process and methods of its ship unloaders. Under the current design boundary conditions, a reasonable equipment type and its main parameters were confirmed through the comparative study on the structure characteristics of different equipment types, and which provided a reference for other similar projects.

Keywords:coal terminal, transfer terminal, ship unloader, selection analysis