MV Bunan Power:
35,432 MT of Cement Done Right

December is traditionally a difficult month for port operations — holiday schedules, weather variables, and compressed timelines make it one of the more challenging windows to execute a large vessel discharge. The MV Bunan Power project turned out to be one of the clearest demonstrations of what a well-prepared GCS crew can accomplish when everything comes together.

The Project

The MV Bunan Power came in loaded with 35,432 metric tons of supersack cement — a high-density, handling-sensitive commodity that demands careful crane work, precise hold coordination, and continuous movement from gang to dock to staging. GCS crews executed the full discharge operation, maintaining the kind of rhythm and discipline that turns a large project into a clean, on-time completion.

Supersack cement staged and organized at the GCS facility post-discharge — the clean warehouse operation that follows a well-run vessel job.

The Number That Matters

The headline performance metric from the Bunan Power project: 12.66 US Tons Per Labor Hour. That number reflects the complete scope of the operation — every labor hour from gangway to completion, divided into every US ton of cement discharged.

In stevedoring, labor efficiency is the ultimate measure of how well an operation is planned and executed. Every idle labor hour is a cost to the customer and a reflection of how well the stevedore managed the vessel, the equipment, and the crew. At 12.66 USTPLH on a 35,000+ metric ton cement project, the GCS crew delivered a genuinely strong result.

What Makes Supersack Cement Demanding

Supersack cement is not forgiving cargo. The bags are heavy, the handling requirements are specific, and the pace of crane operations has to stay consistent to maintain efficiency across multiple holds simultaneously. Hold Leads need to have their sections organized and ready — delays at the hook cost time across the entire operation, not just in one hold.

GCS's Knomatic platform tracks tonnage per shift and per crane in real time, giving supervisors a live read on where the operation stands against plan at every point in the project. On the Bunan Power, that visibility was part of what kept the operation on pace through a December schedule that could have created complications.

A well-organized hold is the foundation of a high-efficiency supersack discharge — every crew decision starts before the crane is in position.

Setting the Standard

The Bunan Power project added 35,432 metric tons to GCS's operational record and reinforced the kind of performance our customers expect. Cement is a core GCS commodity — we've handled it across Lake Charles, Sabine Pass, and Burnside — and every project builds on the institutional knowledge our Hold Leads and Supervisors bring to the job.

December 2025 was a good month for the GCS crew. Well done.