On Cement Carriers (1st Report)

Abstract

"Cement carriers" or "cement tankers" are bulk cargo ships which carry cement in bulk. They have become to be noticed in our country after the War, and now are being built one by one, and are serving for almost all of the long way transportation of cement. These ships have some problems awaiting solution caused by the peculiarity of cement and cement industry. In this paper we discuss these problems, and will consider of the fundamental design of these ships. At the next opportunity we will refer to their practical construction and the self-unloading apparatus.