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of the self-unloading equipment will further improve the boats' productivity by decreasing turn- around time at the unloading docks," Mr. Goldbach said. Cur- rently, the ore freighters are un- loaded by dockside equipment in approximately 17 hours. Fitted with new self-unloading equip- ment manufactured by Stephens-

Adamson Division of Allis-Chalm- ers Canada Ltd., the cargo can be discharged in five hours. "Additionally, these self-un- loading modifications will afford

U.S. Steel the added flexibility of scheduling the more efficient Cal- laway, Anderson and Clarke into any and all U.S. Steel discharge ports," Mr. Goldbach noted.

Included in the modification plans are the installation of a hopper-type arrangement in each cargo hold, a belt conveying sys- tem under the hoppers, and a deck-mounted, 250-foot boom to transport the cargo to shoreside facilities. In addition, increasing generating capacity will be added to the boats to accommodate the extra power needs of the self- unloaders.

The new unloading equipment is manufactured by Stephens-

Adamson, Division of Allis-Chalm- ers Canada, Ltd.

Fraser Shipyard Will Convert Three

U.S. Steel Ore Boats To Self-Unloaders

Boat watchers around the Great

Lakes may be momentarily con- fused next year when three well- known U.S. Steel ore vessels ap- pear on the horizon with new sil- houettes (shown above, top). Rob- ert D. Goldbach, vice president- shipping for U.S. Steel's Resource

Development group, announced recently that the Steamers Cason

J. Callaway, Arthur M. Anderson, and Philip R. Clarke will be out- fitted with topside self-unloading gear for use during the 1982 sail- ing season. Fraser Shipyard Inc., in Superior, Wis., will perform the conversion on the three ore vessels.

According to Mr. Goldbach, when the boats were launched in 1952 they were 647 feet long with a cargo capacity of about 19,700 long tons. Each was lengthened to 767 feet in the mid-1970s, which increased their trip capac- ity to 26,500 long tons. "Our first improvement in pro- ductivity for these vessels was the 120-foot lengthening and in- creased liftability. The addition

Billy Pugh Offshore Asks

Title XI On Tug/Supply

Boats To Cost $6.7 Million

Billy Pugh Offshore Limited 1981, a subsidiary of Billy Pugh

Offshore, Inc., Corpus Christi,

Texas, has applied to the Mari- time Administration for a Title

XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of two 180-foot tug/supply vessels. These 3,000- horsepower, twin-screw diesel- powered vessels are to be used in offshore oil exploration. Rysco

Shipyard, Inc., Blountstown, Fla., is the proposed builder.

If approved, Title XI financing would cover $4,800,000, or ap- proximately 871 percent of the estimated cost of $6,743,865. De- liveries are scheduled for October 1981 and February 1982.

Newport News Shipbuilding

Gets $43.5-Million Navy

Award For Carrier Work

Newport News Shipbuilding,

Newport News, Va., has been awarded a $43,479,700 modifica- tion to a previously awarded fixed- price incentive contract to modify

CVN-71 (nuclear-powered aircraft carrier) shipbuilding contract to include improved structural changes. The Naval Sea Systems

Command is the contracting ac- tivity. (N00024-80-C-2023)

Val Gandelsman Named

Engineering Manager For

EG&G Sea-Link Systems

Val Gandelsman

EG&G Sea-Link Systems of

Herndon, Va., in a move to strengthen its new product devel- opment, has announced the ap- pointment of Val Gandelsman as manager of engineering. Prior to joining Sea-Link Systems, he was employed by Coulter Electronics,

Inc. He brings over 16 years of product development and engi- neering management experience to EG&G.

EG&G Sea-Link Systems man- ufactures a wide variety of under- water acoustic remote control/ navigation and current meter products. These can be used in diverse applications from offshore drilling to ocean-bed mining, and from oceanographic research to tracking submarines and rescue operations.

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