Cargo ship : cement ship (shipyard)
8811 DWT Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo

The cargo system is designed to carry and handle two different grades of normal Portland cement, for a specific density of airless cement of 1.1 - 1.4 t/m3. The vessel is able to load either by gravity at a rate of 1x1000 t/h, pneumatically at a rate of 4x150 t/h and pneumatically through up to 16 hoses from road carriers. Unloading by pneumatic conveying from ship to shore silos capable of 4x125 t/h with a conveying distance including height of 435 mts. The cargo gear consisting of one crane of 9 t at 22 mts outreach. This new technology, installed for the first time in this kind of ships, was developed by Vianayard engineers, together with ISQ (Portuguese Welding and Quality Institute) and KPMG Peat Marwick.