The invention relates to a ship cargo handling apparatus for favorably carrying a large quantity of granular materials to further improve an efficiency of cargo handling operation and enabling a safe and positive operation against hull rocking. Thus a first conveyor (32) is provided on a deck of a ship (10) in parallel with an opening (14) of a cargo chamber, and traveling means is a travel device provided with a hopper (34) which has a discharge port (35) projecting beyond a travel path (16) and adapted to run on the travel paths (16). Granular materials and the like discharged from the discharge port (35) of the hopper (34) are conveyed to predetermined locations by the first conveyor (32).