Invicta take delivery of Van Aalst ship unloader
New ship unloader marks next step in company’s delivery of low-carbon cement alternatives
THE recent arrival of Invicta Cementitious Solution’s Van Aalst ship unloader at the company’s Sheerness terminal, in Kent, marks the latest development in the development of their deep-water cementitious powder facility.
Weighing 230 tonnes and with a working capacity of more than 400 tonnes/h, the unit will deliver cost-effective, reliable, and dust-free unloading of 40,000-tonne bulk cargos, and the capability to bring to market cementitious materials from around the world.
Invicta, who are currently importing pulverized fly ash (PFA), which offers a lower CO2 than traditional cement (CEM1), can now offer a fuller range of alternative cementitious materials – that are increasingly scarce in the UK – from the Sheerness terminal.
Daniel Morgan, managing director of Invicta, said: ‘This new unloader enables Invicta to source scarce, quality materials wherever they exist, and cost-effectively transport them to the UK in bulk vessels. We can now offer increasingly innovative choices to our customers, and for clients and specifiers, as they seek cementitious solutions to reduce CO2 in concrete.’
Chris Chapman, Brett Group commercial director and Invicta board member, said: ‘This represents the next step in our significant investment to be the source of choice for more-sustainable cementitious solutions. It is part of our commitment to be an innovative, independent, and totally reliable long-term supplier to the industry.’
Invicta’s new terminal at Sheerness became operational and started supplying PFA and high-quality CEM1 to the South East in 2024. It represents a £30 million investment by a joint venture between the Brett Group, the UK’s largest independent building materials company, and Nova Cement, the UK subsidiary of Medcem, a long-established part of global energy company the Eren Group.
