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Canada's Newest Great Lakes Bulk Carrier Launched

ALMOST A CENTURY OF SERVICE • Our piers can accommodate vessels up to 800' long, with a beam of 130' and a 32' draft at low water. A new 8 ton gantry crane travels 300' fore or aft of a vessel.

A foundry and fully equipped shops for ma- chine, pipe, plate, electrical, boiler and carpentry work are maintained to service all ship and barge repairs, on a 'round-the-clock basis.

U.S.C.G. accepted, certified welders available for pressure and exotic material welding.

PADD is centrally located in the heart of the

N.Y.-N.J. port complexes within 3 miles of 9 major oil terminals.

A vast inventory of parts and equipment en- ables us to complete jobs in less time, thus minimizing extended layovers.

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The 730-foot Hull 212 will be the 34th ship in the Canada Steamship Lines fleet.

Canada's newest self-unloading Great

Lakes bulk carrier was launched recently at the Collingwood, Ontario, Shipyard of Cana- dian Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited.

Built for the Canada Steamship Lines Di- vision of Power Corporation of Canada, Lim- ited, the laker slipped into the water in a rather spectacular side-launch which is used by the Collingwood Yard for particularly large vessels.

The new ship, which will be known only as Hull 212 until its official christening next

October, has been specially equipped to transport western Canadian coal, which is expected to be an increasingly important cargo on the Great Lakes in coming years.

With an overall length of 730 feet, Hull 212 is the maximum-sized vessel that can be accommodated by the St. Lawrence Sea- way. It will be the 34th ship in the Canada

Steamship Lines fleet, and will bring the firm's total carrying capacity to more than 750,000 tons.

Like the 12 other self-unloaders belonging to CSL, Hull 212 will be able to deposit its cargoes as much as 200 feet away from dockside at a rate of up to 6,000 tons of ore per hour.

In place of a conventional rudder, Hull 212 is equipped with a 17-foot 3-inch inside diameter steer- ing nozzle. It provides steerage for the 35,000-dwt vessel by changing direction of the prop-wash. With its two 50-fiorsepower electric motors in operation, the four ram hydraulic steering gear is capable of turning through a 65-degree arc in 18 seconds.

Since shipping on the Great Lakes is operating later into the winter season, the bow of Collingwood Ship- yard's Hull 212 has been modified below the 30-foot waterline. "V-shaped to the 24-foot mark, with a reverse sloping section to the 30-foot line, the bow will ride under the ice and break it in an upward direction, states the Yard's chief naval architect Stuart Thorns. 16 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News