Van Aalst ship unloader arrived at Invicta’s Sheerness terminal in Kent, UK, in April. Weighing in at 230t and with a working capacity of over 400tph, the unit will deliver cost-effective, reliable and dust-free unloading of 40,000t bulk cargos, and the capability to bring to market cementitious materials from around the world.
Invicta is currently importing pulverised fly ash (PFA), which offers a lower CO2 footprint than traditional cement (CEM1). The Sheerness terminal can also offer a fuller range of alternative cementitious materials that are increasingly scarce in the UK.
Daniel Morgan, managing director of Invicta says, “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 says: “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 Southeast in 2024. It represents a GBP30m (US$3.9m) 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, which is a long-established and respected part of the global energy company, the Eren Group.
