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Self-discharger

type of bulk carrier

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 21, 2025
Entity authorityQ7448069 ↗
Source-derived summary

A self-discharger (or self-unloader) is a ship that is able to discharge its cargo using its own gear. The most common discharge method for bulk cargo is to use an excavator that is fitted on a traverse running over the vessel's entire hatch, and that is able to move sideways as well. Lake freighters on the Great Lakes use conveyor-based unloading gear to empty funnel-shaped holds from the bottom, lifting the bulk cargo onto a boom.

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The public source identifies “Self-discharger” as type of bulk carrier. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Self-discharger, type and bulk.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 76-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Self-discharger, type and bulk providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 21, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7448069. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Self-discharger” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.