Abstract: A ship loading installation for loading bulk materials at a sea port into a ship or barge using a loading system comprised of a projecting boom structure mounting a first belt conveyor portion therein and provided with means for vertical luffing motions, said projecting boom structure pivotally connected to a shuttling support structure mounting a contiguous second belt conveyor portion therein, said support structure arranged to shuttle linearly of the longitudinal axis of the conveyor portions on a horizontal rail bed or other suitable travelway mounted to the upper surface of a beam structure, said beam structure pivotally connected to a fixed pivot base at one end remote from the dockside end enabling horizontal arcuate stewing motions of the beam structure, its other end being arranged with a set of wheels on a curved travelway to support the beam structure as it slews through its arcuate path of travel, said support structure being provided with a sealed loading arrangement from a source of bulk materia