Radial Type Shiploader

Ship loader or Shiploader is designed as one of the port material handling equipments that is used for loading different sizes of vessels berthing at ports continuously with coal, iron ore, cement, grain and other bulk materials. Normally belt conveyors are used in ship loading equipments in a continuous action to move bulk material product from dock conveyors onto the vessels.

A radial ship loader incorporates a pivot point at the dock side end which allows the ship loader to access the full length of the ship. The lower part of the ship loader is fixed in a bridge section. The upper structure travels on the bridge section allowing the boom to extend to provide coverage of the different areas of the ship’s hold.