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American Ship To Construct 680-Foot Self-Unloader For

American Steamship Company

The American Ship Building Company has announced the signing ,of a letter of agreement with 'the American Steamship Company, a wholly 'owned subsidiary of General American

Transportation Corporation, for the construc- tion of a new 680-foot self-unloader for Ameri- can Steamship's Great Lakes fleet.

The new vessel, which will cost over $20 million, will be built in American Ship's To- ledo, Ohio, yard and is scheduled to go into service in the summer of 1976, according to

George M. Steinbrenner, chairman and chief executive officer of American Ship.

This marks the third new vessel contract received by American Ship in a two-week pe- riod. In this issue of Maritime Reporter/En- gineering News, the company has announced plans to build two 1,000-footers for Pickand

Mather's Interlake fleet. Total cost of the three exceeds $95 million.

This is also the second self-unloader ,to be built for American Steamship by American

Ship. The first, the Roger M. Kyes, was completed in Amship's Toledo yard and deliv- ered this past summer.

The newest vessel will have the same gen- eral dimensions as the Kyes—680-faat overall length by 784oot beam—but will have a larger carrying capacity through increasing the depth from 42 feet to 45 feet. Its capacity will be approximately 30,000 tons of taconite ore and about 25,000 tons of coal. Speed will be ap- proximately 15 mph.

She will 'be capable of unloading 6,000 tons of ore per hour through a single conveyor running the length of the ship and a 250-foot deck boom. "The developing energy crisis and the result- ant need to transport more coal is certainly a major factor in this surge of new ship con- struction on the Great Lakes," said Mr. Stein- brenner in making the announcement. "This is just the start of what is becoming a shipbuilding iboom as power companies and others around the Great Lakes increase their demands for coal. "Ever since the passage of the Merchant

Marine Act of 1970, American Steamship has been one of the leaders in new ship construc- tion on the Great Lakes, and spurred by the energy crisis, is stepping up its already im- pressive program."

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The 25,000-dwt bulk carrier S.A. Sukumbi was recently completed and delivered at the

Fujinagata Works of Mitsui Shipbuilding &

Engineering Co., Ltd. to her owner, South

African Sugar Carriers Ltd. of South Africa.

The vessel, of aft-engine af,t-bridge type, spe- cializes in hauling bulk cargo. She will be used mainly to transport sugar and alumina.

Mitsui delivered a bulk carrier of the same type to the isame owner in August 1966.

Main features of the S.A. Sukumbi are: four cargo hold's with the same number of hatch openings featuring MacGregor steel hatch covers ; 10-ton electrical 1 y-driv-en stationary deck cranes arranged in such a way as to allow their operation from both 'fore and aft of the hatch openings; all other deck machinery such as windlasses, mooring winches, capstans, etc., are also electrically operated; each cargo hold is of double hull construction, both sides of which are used as top side tanks, and No. 2 and

No. 3 top side tanks can be loaded with bulk cargo; when the vessel is at sea, the top side tanks, in addition to the double bottom tanks, can be filled with ballast water.

All living quarters, including dining room, smoking room and recreation room are fully air-conditioned for the complement of 48 in crew.

Classed by ABS, the diesel-propelled S.A.

Sukumbi has an overall length of 587 feet, a beam of 76 feet, and at a full load draft of 34 feet, 'she has a service speed of 16.625 knots.

The four cargo holds on the S.A. Sukumbi will be used to transport sugar and alumina. 36 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News