Terminal Marítima de Cartagena, which operates at the Spanish Mediterranean Port of Cartagena, has acquired a semi-ecological smart hopper to improve the unloading of dry bulk consignments. The hopper was built specifically for TMC by Herjimar for deployment at the terminal the operator has at Escombreras.
 
The unit, which was built in four months, cost €400,000, and incorporates specific integrated technological equipment that, by combining the action of specific filters for dust collection with a complementary highly watertight seal, prevents or greatly minimises the emission of polluting particles when materials are unloaded into the hopper. The effectively retains a large part of the volatile particles generated during unloading, avoiding clouds of dust and other harmful particles that would otherwise escape into the atmosphere.