DRY BULK CARGOES BY PIPELINE. MARCONA'S UNIQUE SLURRY TANKER

The 51,046 dwt Marconaflo Merchant can lift slurry cargo utilizing four of her five centerline holds, in addition to carrying crude oil or dry ore cargoes up to her maximum deadweight tonnage capacity. In loading, a slurry of ore granules and water with a density of about 75 percent solids is pumped from shore into the special, double-bottom holds. These solids settle out and build up as a cake on the bottom, and the water that brought them in is decanted off. Upon arrival at destination, the ore can be removed from the holds with ordinary grabs, or it can be reslurrified and pumped off into a holding pond. Reliquifying the cargo is done by means of high pressure jets. Details are given for slurry handling procedures and equipment.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  30 Church Street
  New York, NY  United States  10007
• Publication Date: 1970-8

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 41-43
• Serial:
  • Marine Engineering/Log
  • Volume: 75
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corp.
  • ISSN: 0732-5460

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Combination carriers; Dry bulk cargo; Materials management; Ore bulk oil carriers; Pipelines; Plans (Drawings); Slurry; Transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Obos; Ore/oil carriers; Pipeline description and plans; Slurry handling techniques; Slurry transportation
• Subject Areas: Terminals and Facilities; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00019131
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 1974 12:00AM