According to HSB International June 1998
The mussel catch is led into two bins situated in port and starboard side. In these two bins water derived from two shower and rising heads flushes away sand, soil and loose tarra from the mussels. Next, the mussels are transported by a conveyor belt to a seawater shower where they are once again rinsed. Next, they are transported to a longitudinal conveyor belt, and then onto a transverse conveyor distribution belt. In this way, the mussels are evenly distributed over two mussel holds.