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International Mineral Transport

Symposium To Be Held

In Vancouver October 20-23

The volume of minerals transported by truck, railroad, barge, pipeline, and ocean carrier is ac- celerating annually. Mineral producers, carriers, and receivers are realizing the increasing import- ance of streamlining methods and adopting sys- tems to reduce shipping costs and minimize losses.

Because of increasing interest in this heretofore neglected sector of the world's mineral industry,

World Mining and affiliated shipping groups are sponsoring an International Symposium on the

Transport and Handling of Minerals, October 20 through October 23, 1971, in Vancouver, British

Columbia. Vancouver has been selected as the site for the symposium because of the great variety of mineral products shipped to and through the great- er harbor area and to many parts of the world.

Papers will be presented by experts in the fol- lowing fields: (1) "Integrated Transport Systems and New Methods of Shipment," subjects will in- clude slurry transport (overland and marine), bone-dry shipment, containerization; (2) "Pre- paring Concentrates To Fit New Systems," sub- jects will include new drying methods, agglomera- tion techniques, and advantages for long distance transport; (3) "Problems in Minerals Transport," subjects will include autogenous heating, preven- tion of cargo shifting, high tonnage on-highway haulage, handling and transshipment in Japan; (4) "Modern Bulk Terminal and Port Opera- tion," and (5) "Commercial and Contractual Ar- rangements," subjects will include legal considera- tions, commingling of mineral products, sam- pling techniques.

A special feature of the symposium will be field trips to mineral handling installations and marine terminals in the greater Vancouver harbor area, which ship base metal concentrates, coal, potash, and sulphur.

Further details can be obtained by contacting the Symposium Secretary, 1596 Esquimalt Ave- nue, West Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Newport News Ship Names

Equal Opportunity Coordinator

James N. Harris Sylvester H. Newsome

The appointment of a new equal opportunity coordinator on the general manager's staff, and promotion of the former coordinator to general foreman has been announced by New- port News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.

James N. Harris joins the staff of shipyard general manager R.S. Plummer, replacing

Sylvester H. Newsome, who has been named general foreman in the riggers department.

In his new position, Mr. Harris will be in- volved with the Tenneco subsidiary's affirma- tive action program.

A native of Courtland, Va., Mr. Harris graduated from George P. Phenix High School in Hampton in 1954. He has attended Norfolk

State College for the past three years, major- ing in industrial arts education. Currently, he is working toward a degree in business ad- ministration.

Mr. Harris joined Newport News Shipbuild- ing in March 1957 as a shipfitter. In October 1969, he transferred to the industrial engi- neering division, where he worked as a time study analyst until his present appointment.

Mr. Newsome, a native of Hampton, also graduated from Phenix High School in 1954.

He majored in physical education at Norfolk

State College, where he is now studying busi- ness administration.

Mr. Newsome joined the riggers department at the shipyard in 1960 and was promoted to supervisor in 1967. He took over the duties of equal opportunity coordinator in June of last year.

Skagit Corporation Builds

Shallow Draft Towboat

Pull-And-Be-Damned, a 31-foot towboat (shown above), was recently completed and launched by the Skagit Cor- poration, a subsidiary of The Bendix Corporation. Weigh- ing 17 tons, the towboat's corten steel hull and aluminum pilothouse were fabricated in the company's Sedro Wool- ley, Wash., assembly shops, and truck transported to the launch site over 20 miles away. The Pull-And-Be-Damned was designed by Robert Allan, Ltd. of Vancouver,

British Columbia, for Dunlap Towing Company, La Con- ner, Wash., and will see service in the Swinomish Chan- nel and Puget Sound areas for rafting and towing logs.

Drawing just four feet, the Pull-And-Be-Damned marks a first in the 75-year history of the firm, which is noted for its manufacture of logging equipment, construction hoists and marine deck machinery. The vessel was named after a landfall point on the Swinomish Indian Reserva- tion, located on the shores of Puget Sound where the vessel will operate. 10 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News