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At a guess, it's probably easier to pump slurry than to shovel dry material. Maybe also dust.

”[...] if, as is common practice, the cargo is loaded with a conveyor belt from the quayside into the hold.”

So, no.

Sounds like they may want to remove water out of the cargo for transport and pump it back in for unloading

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.