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A comment on Cargo ships that ‘liquefy’ (2018). Parent comment

Re:Cargo ships that ‘liquefy’ (2018) by Brian_K_White on Thursday July 25, 2019 @05:45PM (#20530093)
At a guess, it's probably easier to pump slurry than to shovel dry material. Maybe also dust.
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Re:Cargo ships that ‘liquefy’ (2018) by scoot on Thursday July 25, 2019 @06:42PM (#20530542)
”[...] if, as is common practice, the cargo is loaded with a conveyor belt from the quayside into the hold.”

So, no.

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Re:Cargo ships that ‘liquefy’ (2018) by raws on Thursday July 25, 2019 @06:37PM (#20530502)
Sounds like they may want to remove water out of the cargo for transport and pump it back in for unloading
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Re:Cargo ships that ‘liquefy’ (2018) by nicthesailor on Friday July 26, 2019 @01:24AM (#20532566)
Yes for the first part, but we definitely don't want to pump it back in for discharge.

Dry bulk cargo is almost always discharged with grabs and cranes, not pumps.

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