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FISH EXPO

New Fishing Vessel from Steiner

Shipyard

A new 75 x 22 x 11-ft. FAT, Sunset 98, was delivered to Sahlman Seafoods, of Tampa, by

Steiner Shipyard, Bayou La Batre, Ala. Power for the vessel is provided by a single Cummins

KT19M diesel engine, rated 365 hp for continu- ous duty with Twin Disc MG-518, 6:1 reduction gear. Other equipment onboard includes one

Rice 60-in. speed nozzle, coupled with a Rice 59.35 x 60-in. 4-blade, skewed aqualoy pro- peller; a McElroy 505 double-drum mechanical winch, and a McElroy 501P single-drum mechanical winch. Capacities include fuel capacity of 15,000 gal., potable water capacity of 4,000 gal., lube oil capacity of 201 gal. Sunset 98 is the 160th steel hull shrimp trawler built by Steiner Shipyard, Inc. for Sahlman Seafoods.

The vessel will become part of the Sahlman fleet managed by Shrimp Boat Management

Ltd., headquartered in Kingstown, Guyana.

C.W. "Jock" Sahlman Honored

Steiner Shipyard, Inc., and major vendors of equipment outfitting the trawlers they build, will honor C.W. "Jack" Sahlman in tribute dur- ing Fish Expo Boston 98. "Truly a living legend, no one represents quality and leadership in the seafood industry more than Jack Sahlman and his company,

Sahlman Seafoods," said Russell Steiner, president of Steiner Shipyard, Inc. "Jack has pioneered the use of modern, multi-trawler fleets, rotating his fleet as the trawlers age and keeping it up-to-date with the latest innova- tions to assure the highest quality product, the foundation of his company."

Responsible for the new construction of over 400 vessels, 160 shrimp trawlers built by

Steiner Shipyard alone, Sahlman's successful strategy is to replace boats before they require excessive maintenance, which can be a large drain on company profits. "I'm in the shrimp business, not the boat maintenance business," said Sahlman.

Sahlman has been president of Sahlman

Seafoods, Inc., the parent company of several subsidiary companies which control every aspect of harvesting and processing the

Sahlman shrimp, since 1969. Industry leaders maintain the Sahlman organization's strict con- trol of their product is the key to the high degree of quality seafood the Sahlman's seafood processing company, Bee Gee Shrimp, is renowned for. Marine vendors who have outfit- ted the Steiner-built trawlers, including

Cummins Alabama, Inc. (main engines), Twin

Disc, Inc. (gears), McElroy Machinery, Inc. (winches), Rice Propellers (propellers) and

Standard Marine, Inc. (general marine sup- plies), along with Steiner Shipyard, will honor

Sahlman with a private breakfast, featuring

Congressman Sonny Callahan (Ala.).

Major F/V Project Completed

By Bellingham Bay

Bellingham Bay Shipyard recently complet- ed a major FAf project with the preparation of freezer ship Atlantic Frost (ex-Atlas) for her new role in the herring and mackerel fisheries off the east coast of the U.S. Recently pur- chased by Stinson Marine LLC, the 366 ft. (112 m) vessel is destined for a role in developing a previously under-utilized resource, said compa- ny president Dick Klingaman. "Biologists estimate the sustainable annual yield of herring off the east coast at 300,000 tons," Klingaman said, "but the current harvest is only about 100,000 tons - the majority of it caught near shore and used for lobster bait.

Our aim is to develop more of the fishery as a food-grade harvest."

Bellingham Bay Shipyard provided a wide range of services to prepare Atlantic Frost for its new role. In fact, only drydocking was sub- contracted to Victoria Shipyard due to a sched- uling conflict.

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