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FERRY 'NEWHOUSE' LAUNCHED—Equi- table Shipyards, Inc. of New Orleans recently launched the ferryboat Samuel I. Newhouse, second of two 310-foot, double-ended vessels under construction for the City of New

York. The 5,000-gt ferry is powered by four

General Motors EMD 16-645-E2 diesel en- gines, each rated 1,950 bhp at 900 rpm — 3,900 bhp forward and 3,900 bhp aft.

Bay Shipbuilding Will

Build A Self-Unloading

Barge For Beker Shipping

Bay Shipbuilding Corp. has announced the signing of a contract to build a saltwater self-unloading tug notch barge for Beker

Shipping Company of Greenwich, Conn.

Beker Shipping Company is a subsidiary of

Beker Industries Corp., a major producer of phosphate rock, phospheric acid, and fertilizer. This will be the first vessel built for Beker Shipping Company by Bay Ship- building Corp.

Witnessing Erol Y. Beker, vice president, Beker Ship- ping Company, sign the contract are (from left):

George K. Geiger, vice president and general man- ager, Bay Shipbuilding Corp.; Paul Stolzer, associate counsel and assistant secretary, Beker Industries

Corp.; and Erol Beker, chief executive officer and chairman of the board, Beker Industries Corp. The signing took place at Beker Industries, Greenwich,

Conn.

The 610 by 78-foot barge will be of all- welded construction with the stern fitted with a deep notch to accommodate a tug of 7,200 bhp. To be used for transportation of phosphate rock and other bulk cargoes, the vessels will be fitted with self-unloading equipment, which includes an unloading boom conveyor, capable of discharging 4,000 short tons of phosphate rock per hour.

This will be the third saltwater tug notch barge recently built by Bay Shipbuilding

Corp., located in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Bay

Shipbuilding Corp., a subsidiary of The Man- itowoc Company, Inc., is noted for building large self-unloading and barge-type vessels.

December 15, 1980

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