Built By Jeffboat, Inc., The Gemini Will Transfer Bulk Materials To Ships In New Orleans Area

Jeffboat, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind.

47130, has announced the completion of hull construction and equipment installation on the Gemini—one of the world's largest floating bulk material transfer plants.

Owned and operated by Mid- Stream Transfer, Inc. of Metairie, La., the Gemini will work in the New Orleans, La., area transferring grains and other bulk materials from barges to oceangoing vessels.

The Gemini, with twin cranes, will have a rated capacity of 1,000 tons per hour, more than twice the capacity of other transfer vessels in the busy New Orleans exporting waterfront.

The fully automated vessel features 12 separate modes of transfer operations, all controlled by an operator in a control cab 80 feet above the deck. Two conveyor systems, rising to a height of 140 feet above the deck, employ a spill-free transfer technique, with elevating legs and loading boom conveyor totally enclosed and dust-tight.

The Gemini is equipped with complete dust collectors, an automatic bulk weighing system, and diesel-driven electric generators providing 2,115 kilowatts.

Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 17, Aug 1978

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